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WhatsApp hijacking: Delhi Police alerts you about this new scam

WhatsApp hijacking: Delhi Police alerts you about this new scam The Delhi Police Cybercrime division is alerting WhatsApp users to take care a few new sort of scam which involves hijacking of WhatsApp accounts. The scam involves taking over someone’s WhatsApp account so as that it are often used to communicate with friends and relations of the victim so as to carry out financial transactions. Delhi Police during a series of tweets said that the fraudsters simply aim to exclude users by using WhatsApp’s two-factor authentication. Scamsters pose as WhatsApp technicians and invite verification PIN from the victim Delhi Police explained, attackers obtain WhatsApp verification PIN from target employing a fake account with official WhatsApp logo as display picture to trick users into believing that it's the official account of WhatsApp tech team. Scamsters reach bent victims over WhatsApp chats from fake IDs The attacker creates a fake account with the official WhatsApp logo as a display...