Fraudsters are sending out messages to people across the borough claiming to be from WhatsApp in order to steal banking and personal information.
Here is why they might catch people out…
Long term users of WhatsApp will remember paying a 0.99p annual fee to use the messaging service. In 2016, this was scrapped by Facebook who took over running of the company after buying it for £11.4bn.
That means since 2016, the service has been free for every user.
Whilst late adopters of the service might look at the email below and simply brush it off, long term users will remember paying and could quite easily think the app has gone back to its subscription model and get caught out.
The ‘scam’ emails claim your “subscription will be ending soon” and are after your banking information. We have been getting an increasing number of reports about them over the past couple of days.
Last year users were being tricked into downloading a fake ‘Gold Version’ of What’sApp which infected Android devices with malware.
If you receive one of these emails or text messages, do not click on any links. Instead, delete it. If you’ve already clicked on the link – run antivirus software to ensure your device hasn’t been infected with malware.
