Scam-artists are now able to insert malicious links into a WhatsApp message thread from your real friends. Here then are five scams on WhatsApp that have been reported around the world:Īnti-virus software company Kaspersky is warning WhatsApp users of fraudsters who hijack real conversations on the application. However, with the global growth of WhatsApp, more scam-artists around the world are looking to the service to scam anyone, anywhere. When unsuspecting users clicked on an update link in the SMS, they actually signed up to a service that deducted R7 from their phone bill every day.
Last year, Fin24 reported about a an SMS scam that advertised WhatsApp add-ons or updates. While the service helps people stay in touch at low cost, it also has its share of scam artists. Social network giant Facebook announced recently that its instant messaging internet app WhatsApp now has one billion users.
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