A new WhatsApp scam arrives by email
It seems that the most widely used and widespread messaging application among smartphones still can't get rid of scams and scams Of course, on this occasion it does not affect the users of WhatsApp proper, but it is a Scam via email that uses the name of the application to attract the attention of the most unsuspecting and inexperienced. A problem that the National Police has already echoed through its accounts on social networksto prevent it from spreading.
Apparently, according to the media outlet RedesZone, where the news came from, users have begun to receive emails supposedly sent by WhatsApp alerting them that they have a voice message that haven't heard With a big button that reads Autoplay, the user is tempted to click on him and listen to it The result is very different, managing to install on the computer a malware or virus capable of disable some of the computer's functionsr such as access to the Control Panel to uninstall it.
Although calls from WhatsApp are already available for both Android As for iPhone, it seems that there are still quite a few users who can fall for a scam by believing that someone wants to contact them through this function or through of the voice messagesEven when there is no function or notification via email from WhatsApp
In fact, just be a little observant and look at the address of the sender, which doesn't even have WhatsApp domain (the name that goes after the @), or the message itself, which does not have with its own design, colors, and buttons the company Even so, you have to understand that messages from WhatsApp arrive through the application exclusively Or, at most, also reflected through WhatsApp Web, through its website synchronized with the smartphone Here, messages are received through the usual chats, never through email or links that lead to other web pages
Again, a scam that seeks to capture the less learned and more trusting users, believing that there is some kind of message or message for them, but actually installing a virus on their computers capable of hindering its normal operation and preventing its cleaning. Although a antivirus should warn of its existence before the damage is greater. In any case, the National Police recommends not falling into these hoaxes, always using the sense to avoid scams.
Of course it is not the first nor will it be the last of the scams that take advantage of the name of WhatsApp Well known has been the application Activate WhatsApp Calls, which took advantage of the limited system to activate this function, stating that with its installation any user could have it. The result, once again, was a scam that sought to subscribe the user to a Premium messaging service with high ratesAnd it is that WhatsApp is a victim of its own fame, something that some of its users have already tried.
