Earlier this year, a WhatsApp scam saw scammers posing as people's friends to ask for SMS security codes before hijacking their accounts. In recent months, messaging scams have taken the form of WhatsApp texts that begin with "hey mum, it’s me". How to find stalkerware on your smartphone If it turns out to be untrue, report It to Action Fraud." The CALL step involves calling the number to verify the identity of the sender - is this message really from a friend or relative, as it purports to be? "Only when you’re 100 percent sure the request is from someone you know and trust, should you consider it. The THINK step asks you to consider: "Does this request make sense? Are they asking you to share a PIN code which they have had sent to you? Are they asking for money?" "Make sure your WhatsApp two-step verification is switched on to protect your account that you're happy with your privacy settings, and your six-digit pin is secure." actually mean? Per WhatsApp, the STOP entails taking five before responding. The findings also showed that these scams are most prevalent in SMS text message (46 percent), and WhatsApp (13 percent). Messaging scams have been on the rise, with 59 percent of British people stating they've received a message-based scam in the past year, per WhatsApp research undertaken by Opinium. CALL." campaign launched in the UK has joined forces with comedian Joel Dommett - who once was the victim of a scam in which he was catfished and blackmailed - and Friends Against Scams, the National Trading Standards' initiative to protect people from scams in England and Wales.
WhatsApp is launching a new initiative to educate people on how to protect themselves from message-based scams.
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