Seven of the Most Common WhatsApp Scams (and How to Avoid Them)
via bbc.com
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Most typical WhatsApp scams aren’t high-tech security breaches. They aren’t orchestrated by state-sponsored hacker groups with a bottomless wallet and military-grade technology. In fact, most of them are run by low-tech crime syndicates relying on social engineering techniques to take advantage of people’s blind spots and trust in others. Meta removed 6.8 million WhatsApp accounts […]