The link takes the user to a web page where, if he wants to use these improvements, he has to give his phone number.

The fraud starts with a message via social networks in which WhatsApp users are invited to click on a link to update their app to the inexistent Oro version (Gold version), including supposed new and exclusive features. The Spanish National Police and Civil Guard reported a couple of months ago the existence of a scam that can be expensive, actually, 36 euros per month.

Remember: you can disable the double check feature from the app. Getting some users to sign up for a premium SMS service without knowing it, which has a special rate. Before the instant messaging service allowed disabling this feature, in social networks we could find advertisements of fraudulent services for getting rid of the darned double check. Scammers also tried to take advantage of WhatsApp’s double check launch. In this case, one thing to remember is that the only browser version of WhatsApp is free, and you don’t need to download anything to your computer to use it.

Making users download an application in their computers, but actually is a Trojan that will allow cybercriminals to obtain confidential information, such as banking information.

Asking for the phone number of the gullible users and then, subscribing them to downloading premium services which charge special rates.

This fake webpages use different types of scams: To avoid falling into the new WhatsApp fraud, you should keep in mind that voice calls are only available for Android phones.Īfter WhatsApp launched their browser platform, fraudulent websites were created to steal your banking data. While millions of users are waiting for an invitation to access this new feature, cybercriminals are distributing the malware via a link, which automatically downloads the malware. With the arrival of WhatsApp voice calls a new fraud has emerged.

A fake invitation to WhatsApp voice calls.

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The success of WhatsApp has a downfall: while the instant messaging service reached 600 million active users last summer, the numbers of frauds emerging around the app are also growing steadily.

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