Scam calls have become a serious problem in India in the last few years. Along with the general public, telecom companies have also started taking serious note of this problem. Where common users are blocking unwanted calls by applying DND, similarly telecom companies have come up with a new AI filter. With the help of AI filters, companies are identifying and blocking numbers from which spam calls come. Meanwhile, scammers have found a new way to target users. Now scammers are calling people instead of normal calls. WhatsApp They are targeting themselves by calling. Let’s know all the details.
Many people on the social media platform have complained that they have been receiving scam calls on WhatsApp for some time now. The special thing is that these spam calls are not coming from random numbers but from international numbers.
@WhatsApp I’m receiving spam calls. Please take strict action. Atleast alert suspected #spam pic.twitter.com/BgxaJ2WKfd
— I Bichewar (@IBichewar) April 11, 2023
@Cyberdost @TRAI these are two missed calls which i got on whatsapp. Look like scammers.. 35 minutes ago is today on 11th April. I blocked them and reported as spam on WhatsApp. Why are we seeing so many missed calls from these criminals. @BlrCityPolice pic.twitter.com/znQ1PL9HHa
— Kuchkaamkaro (@Dheren14873751) April 11, 2023
Getting lots of Whatsapp audio spam calls recently. Anyone else facing the same problem?
+84 38 341 6618 is the most recent one.
— Pradeep
(@nameisvp) April 10, 2023
Users on social media have reported that they are receiving international calls from the numbers +84 (code for Vietnam), +62 (country code for Indonesia) and +223 (code for Mali). These mostly include numbers from South-East Asian countries. At the moment it is not clear whether these calls are coming from those countries or scammers are using these fake numbers. Experts related to cyber security say that such international numbers are easily bought.
What is WhatsApp International Call Scam?
A user has informed through Twitter that he had received a WhatsApp call from a similar international number some time ago. On receiving the phone, it was learned that he had received a call from Vietnam for a work-from-home job. HR offered him to earn money by liking videos on Youtube, in which he was being given Rs 50 for every like. He was promised to earn up to Rs 10,000 per day by liking the video.
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