Whatsapp: Be careful with THIS detail! It looks harmless, but can be dangerous
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This is WhatsApp
– This is WhatsApp We take a look at Germany’s most popular instant messenger: WhatsApp.
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Watch out, watch out!
At Whatsapp there are currently numerous fake or spam messages in circulation. Sure, this is a good choice for criminals, after all, heard Whatsapp the most popular messenger services in the world.
But the inconspicuous news of all things represents a real danger to your own smartphone, your own WhatsappAccount and your own data is actually not that easy to understand. But it is so!
Whatsapp: Be careful with THIS detail! It looks harmless, but can be dangerous
Everyone knows messages that have already been forwarded, which are marked with an arrow. There is, however, another shape – namely the one with two arrows. Whatsapp calls them “frequently forwarded messages”. But they have it all! According to the blog “WA Beta Info“This is the name given to messages that have been forwarded to at least five different contacts.
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This is Whatsapp:
- The instant messaging service was founded in 2009 in Santa Clara, USA by Jan Koum and Brian Acton
- In 2014, Facebook Inc. bought Whatsapp for $ 19 billion
- The application is available for all common operating systems: Android. iOS, Windows Phone and Windows 10 Mobile
- The beta testing of Whatsapp Business started in Germany on January 25, 2018
- Whatsapp Payments is currently only available to users in India, but will soon be available in other countries as well
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Well, what danger is hidden behind these? What is dangerous about an often shared video, funny photo, or joke? According to experts, these are often phishing messages. A current example are alleged competitions by luxury brands that are circulating on Whatsapp.
Whatsapp: Fake competitions are circulating as “frequently forwarded messages”
Because in these fake competitions you can theoretically win anything, but practically certainly nothing. Here criminals just want to tap into data. In order to achieve a correspondingly high reach, users are asked to forward the message to friends in order to increase their supposed chance of winning.
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Users should definitely check beforehand whether it could be serious. Important: The two whistles for forwarded messages should not be confused with the ticks next to sent messages.
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So WhatsApp fun doesn’t turn into a nightmare. (mg)
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