Yet another scam message is circulating on WhatsApp these days, so we renew our invitation to be careful. The State Police also intervened on the issue, which warned users about the false verification message of the application.
Beware of this WhatsApp message: account at risk
A simple message could be able to steal the WhatsApp account of a user who is not particularly attentive or accustomed to technology, so we invite you to share the warning with your contacts. The trick is now old and has already been used in the past: it allows malicious people to take advantage of the verification code with WhatsApp Web, which ends up in the wrong hands could cause you to lose your account and use it for malicious purposes.
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But how does the scam work? As we know, WhatsApp sends verification codes via SMS, and this is precisely what is exploited: cybercriminals manage to deliver a message to the victim in which they are asked to send this code, making the number of contacts present in the sender appear as the sender. address book. Once in possession of this code, the attackers can activate the WhatsApp account registered with the victim’s phone number on a different device, cutting out the rightful owner.
So beware of messages that require verification codes of your WhatsApp account and never share this type of data. These are scams perhaps easily unmasked by the most experienced, but which could be dangerous for novice users or not very tech.