Kaspersky Lab’s Securelist has released its Spam and Phishing Report for the second quarter of 2021 and revealed several WhatsApp scams circulating on the widely-used mobile messaging platform.
Advance-fee fraud remained a popular technique to trick people into transferring money to scammers on the promise that they would receive a larger sum in return.
“Victims were asked, for example, to take a short survey about WhatsApp and to send messages to several contacts in order to receive a prize,” Securelist stated.
Another variant of the scam tries to persuade you that you have won a large sum of money.
“Both scenarios end the same way: the scammers promise a large payout, but only after receiving a small commission.”
Securelist also noted several credential-stealing techniques being used on WhatsApp.
Read the full article on the MyBroadband website: Beware these WhatsApp scams that steal your money
