WhatsApp Fraud Modes Are Increasingly Sophisticated

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Today's sophisticated technology makes work easier in all fields. This can provide many benefits for everyone. However, apart from providing benefits, of course the increasing development and sophistication of technology can also have various bad impacts. One of the negative impacts of increasingly sophisticated technology is the rise in crime modes that occur in society. Many people have become victims of crimes committed by irresponsible people. They often use technology to harm other people in various ways. Various methods have been used by several individuals to reap profits through the digital space.

One digital space that is often used for fraud is the WhatsApp application. The WhatsApp application is a digital application that is widely used by various groups. WhatsApp is an application that is used by almost all people because it has various conveniences at an affordable cost. In general, the fraud mode via the WhatsApp application uses APK files that are sent randomly to other people's cellphone numbers. This aims to get the chat recipient to click and download the file, then unknowingly install the application on their cellphone.

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This type of fraud or burglary is called phishing and is often carried out by sending links via email. The most common mode of fraud or crime that occurs against WhatsApp application users is sending wedding invitation files. Almost all WhatsApp users have received this APK file sent by an unknown person. Fraudsters direct WhatsApp users to click on the application sent to check the authenticity of the file.

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The Wedding Invitation Application or File is a very dangerous malware that can steal cellphone data remotely, including internet banking data. Therefore, every user who receives the file needs to be very careful so that they just ignore the message. However, for those who have already installed the Wedding Invitation file, immediately do the following steps: turn off your data/Wifi package, uninstall all mobile banking applications, and backup important data, as well as format and factory reset. May we avoid all modes of crime committed by irresponsible people for personal gain.

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