Beware if You Receive This Photograph From an Unknown Number: It Is a New Scam
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Noticias de Navarra
The National Police has warned of a new form of digital scam that uses an increasingly common function in messaging applications: unique display photographs.
The National Police alerts a scam on WhatsApp with unique display photos. Don’t open the file and activate verification in two steps. The entry The National Police warns of a new scam on WhatsApp that spreads with a photo: don’t open the file was first published in What!.
An ephemeral photo or just a visualization, is the extortion tool for a new WhatsApp scam, which not only appeals to curiosity, but also to guilt to try to get money out of the victim.Unlike other scams where they manage to intervene accounts and ask your acquaintances for money on your behalf, it starts with a message from a stranger.
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