18 Jan If You Receive This Message From WhatsApp, Delete It Immediately

Every day, crooks are finding new ways to con victims out of their hard-earned cash. These con artists do this by tricking their unwitting victims into giving out their personal details so they can access their bank accounts.

Indeed, in the last couple of months, an increasing number of WhatsApp users have been receiving messages from a number pretending to be from the popular messaging app.

This scam originally surfaced late last year in the UK, and it informed users that they would have to pay an annual fee of 99 pence ($1.37) if they want to continue using the app.

WhatsApp is the perfect target for these con artists as the messaging app has over 1.3 billion monthly active users – so there are plenty of opportunities for people who want to earn money through dishonest means.

Watch the video below and find out which WhatsApp scams are currently being used to con people out of their money:

The message being sent in this scam reads: “Your WhatsApp subscription has expired. To verify your account and purchase a lifetime subscription for just 0.99 GBP tap on this link.”

Then a link is provided below the message stating: “Tap to Load preview”.

Some people have also received this scam in the form of an email or from an actual WhatsApp message.

But be very careful, as the message is NOT from WhatsApp and complying with their requests could put you in an extremely vulnerable position.

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