Watch out for this new WhatsApp scam

Watch out for this new WhatsApp scam

 A new type of fraud is sweeping Whatsapp to achieve scammers earn income.

Curiosity killed the cat e n the world of technology this saying can be a harsh reality, because the interest in knowing who visits a profile on WhatsApp can affect people, so Kaspersky pointed out that there still exists Tool for such purpose.

The security firm detected a new social engineering scam in instant messaging platform; Well, explains that a message comes from a contact with the phrase Who visited your WhatsApp profile? And "Do you know who visited your profile?

This message, said the firm in a statement, contains a link that directs the user to a site to download a fake tool to download user needs to share it with 10 contacts or three groups.

Thus, by sharing the message to contacts League is activated, which redirects users to sites advertising or content bids, if people are recorded by your phone number will be charged the service, either invoice or prepaid , This way the cybercriminals obtain income.

According to t he senior security analyst for Kaspersky Lab in Latin America, Fabio Assolini, WhatsApp has over one billion users worldwide, so malicious campaigns are becoming popular by this means, in order to promote payment services to trick users to subscribe.

Just do a quick search on the sites of consumer complaints to find a lot of people reporting that they unduly deducted their credit from the cell phone, just for having registered in services like these, "he said.

He said q ue companies that are behind the scam are not Spanish - speaking; However, the use of colloquial expressions in messages of the courier service is appreciated.

We believe that such companies work with Latinos, who are responsible for spreading the scam and earn a percentage depending on the number of victims who subscribe to each premium service, "he said.

Thus, Kaspersky recommended that those who have been victims of these scams come with their mobile operator and request the cancellation of the subscription; In addition, they should not download applications because they are probably viruses that display propaganda or spyware that can infect the device.

He added that WhatsApp, being one of the communication tools is a more popular target for cyber crime, so it is best to ignore any suspicious message.