Attention, phishing!

WhatsApp: Beware of this new scam!

Fraudsters are once again targeting WhatsApp users. The perfidious thing about their new scam is that it is difficult to spot as a phishing attempt. Krone+ tells you how to recognize the scam.

Around 86 percent of Austrians, i.e. around 7.7 million people, use WhatsApp. This arouses the desires of fraudsters who hope to tap into a large audience relatively quickly and easily via the messenger service. Some scams, such as the grandchild or nephew trick, in which a supposed relative pretends to be in need and asks for financial support, are now well known and therefore easy to expose; others, on the other hand, are more difficult to see through, as a new perfidious scam shows.