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WhatsApp Scammers Ask For OTPs Using Your Friends Account As recent Scam<\/p>\n

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With the daily communication with friends and family is now over messaging apps like WhatsApp but unfortunately, the scammers has found another way to exploit this as they use the app to phish for personal information like the one time password (OTP) and banking credentials and police is now urging the public to be vigilant when divulging information on WhatsApp and this scammer will usually attack your friends or relatives contact and pretend to be them and request OTPs code from you.<\/p>\n

Using these hacked accounts, scammers subsequently trick the victim\u2019s friends into revealing personal information by messaging them or sending fake links that ask for bank credentials and OTPs. In addition, WhatsApp users can also shield themselves from such scams by enabling the 2-step verification feature on the app.<\/p>\n

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