WhatsApp Scam: Beware of Messages That Promise Part-Time WFH Jobs or Offer Freebies
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SMS and email phishing is one of the most-known phishing tactics. Now, with the invention of instant messaging platforms like WhatsApp and Telegram, scamsters have also leveraged these platforms in their never-ending hustle to spam users with messages promising an easy paycheck, or free appliances, or other benefits and schemes on various platforms simultaneously. A recent report in Indian Express digs into some of these kind of WhatsApp messages, which promise an easy paycheck while working from home. Join us and earn Rs 5,000 per day, some of these messages read. The report says that the links included in these phishing messages usually contain malware that is installed on a user s smartphone as soon as they click on it and in some instances, ask them to give up their financial details, ATM PINs, etc.