Users of the WhatsApp application should always be careful when receiving suspicious SMS, especially if they are shown asking for an OTP code.
At this time, there are many ways for irresponsible parties to take over WhatsApp accounts.
One example given is how to pass an incorrect six-digit code to someone's number. Usually, scammers will ask the recipient of the message to provide the number they received and without realizing it is a WhatsApp OTP code.
In addition, there are other messages containing information from WhatsApp users who have activated a commercial account. Therefore, the recipient of the message is usually asked to click on the included link.
If you get a text order from Whatsapp, don't share the code you got and don't click on the link.
Another mod that has recently been identified is the short order in a foreign language that comes with a six-digit code inside. Just like the first example, usually the recipient of the message will be contacted by someone else who asks for a six-digit code.
The reasons given are usually the same, i.e. the amount is not delivered correctly. Actually, the number he received was a WhatsApp OTP code, so if it was given to someone else, they could take over the account.
For information, WhatsApp has once again become the target of cybercriminals to launch their actions against more than two billion users of the Facebook-owned application.
The method used by cybercriminals is quite well known by many WhatsApp users, where the perpetrator can tempt the user's account with the OTP message fraud method (one pass word only).
A number of users have started reporting on various social media platforms about their WhatsApp accounts being taken over by the teasers.
One of the ways that seducers use is to impersonate individuals (pretending to be old friends or family members) or businesses who claim to have entered the wrong phone number while transacting online.
In fact, this is a way for criminals to ask for a truth code or OTP from a victim who is not aware that the WhatsApp account will be taken over by the tempter.
The SMS message containing the six-digit OTP code received by the prey is an early sign that the criminal is trying to change the phone number associated with the prey's account.
For casual users, this tactic can mislead prey into thinking they are sending TACs (transaction truth codes) that are unrelated to fraudsters.
In fact, they have actually given the attacker their own WhatsApp account OTP code.
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