In recent days, one of the most “famous” scams that have always circulated on Whatsapp has appeared again. Here’s what it is and how it works
Whatsapp it is one of the most used tools in our daily life. This is why many shady people have always targeted him to try to carry out their evil plans.
Indeed the famous green application is often struggling with scams aimed at stealing theidentity of users. In particular, there is one that has been running practically since the instant messaging has made its advent in the stores of our mobile devices.
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Whatsapp, the 6-digit code scam is back
This is the now famous 6-digit code scam. A “sneaky game” that hacker they use to steal our most confidential information or even private passwords.
In fact, in various circumstances we use this tool as reminder and we write messages or ourselves or contacts of very close people with information that in possession of malicious people can become deleterious.
In the last days, starting from those before the Christmas this petty technique seems to be back in vogue again. Scammers posing as your contact send the following message (to which you NEVER have to answer): “Hi, I sent you a code by mistake, could you send it back to me?”.
The combination in question is of course that a 6 digits that is provided to us when we create the profile whataspp. Should we unfortunately fall for it, these lowly characters could enter the desk version of theapp and take over our account.
Unfortunately, despite the considerable amount of information in this regard there are many people, especially a little older, who are deceived by this trap and find themselves in enormous trouble. Maybe with the help of younger people who are generally more perceptive in recognizing these scams, even older ones will finally be able to avoid them.
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