New WhatsApp Message Fraud, “Reach Out When You Read My Text,” Details

Worldwide, people utilize the instant messaging service WhatsApp because it makes communication simple. Due of its enormous popularity, it serves as a haven for fraudsters that con Indian citizens. And in their most recent scheme, con artists have created a technique that is now being used. Here are all the specifics concerning this novel mechanism that you need to be aware of.

IANS said that fraudsters have begun phoning app users from fictitious numbers associated with the United States and impersonating top officials and colleagues to increase the credibility.

 

According to the article, present and past workers of the media company the Capital have received international calls from numbers posing as US-based executives and pleading with the victims to initiate a conversation.

 

These texts often began, “Please get back to me as soon as you get my text, thanks,” and were followed by the names of the illustrious executives. These calls seem to come from Chicago (+1 (773)), Atlanta (+1 (404)), Georgia, and other nations with country codes.

 

Similar to May 2023, customers reported receiving a flood of spam calls from odd country codes, leaving a sizable population open to identity theft and financial fraud.

 

These numbers were mostly derived from the country codes of Southeast Asian and African countries at the time. Although these communications were coded with Indonesia, Malaysia, Ethiopia, and Vietnam in mind, it is not necessarily the case that they came from those locations.

 

In addition to this new scam, other individuals in India are reporting a huge increase in lucrative fraud offers. The article claims that the corporation has a user base of almost 500 million people in India. It is advised that a user set up two-factor authentication on their account to keep themselves secure. Additionally, avoid exchanging money with an unknown individual. And last, a WhatsApp user has to exercise extreme caution when exchanging personal information with an unfamiliar user.