WhatsApp has become the biggest den of fraud for cyber thugs. Every day these thugs are cheating people by sending messages on WhatsApp. In such a situation, you need to be very cautious. Recently, McAfee has said in one of its reports that Indian users receive at least 12 scam e-mails every day through social media and e-mail. It has been said in the report that seven types of such messages come on WhatsApp, clicking on which can be very dangerous. Let us know about them...
Prize winning message
If you receive any message on WhatsApp about winning a prize, do not click on the link accompanying such message nor call the number given along with it. Such messages are scams.
Job offer
If you get any message regarding a job then there is every possibility of it being fake. No professional company messages anyone like this. Stay away from it.
Banking alerts
Messages keep coming every day on WhatsApp regarding bank alerts. There is also a link with them and through this link, scammers make people victims. Do not make the mistake of clicking on such links.
Update of unpurchased items
If you have not purchased any item from any site and yet received any message regarding order delivery or related to it, then block the sender of such messages and report it.
Update of OTT like Netflix
Cyber thugs keep sending updated messages to people regarding subscriptions to apps like OTT. Usually, the message claims that free subscription to apps like Netflix and Amazon Prime is available, which is fake.
Fake delivery
Many times SMS and WhatsApp messages come regarding fake delivery. These involve the delivery of products that you have not ordered. Stay away from such messages.
Amazon security alert
Thousands of people receive Amazon security alert messages every day on their phones, which is a trap to trap people. Amazon or any company does not send you WhatsApp messages for such alerts.
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