WhatsApp Frauds Are Becoming More Sophisticated. Attackers Are Investing Time to Gain Victims' Trust

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Beware of this WhatsApp fraud with Karin Keller-Sutter and Christoph Blocher

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A man in his 50s was the victim of fraud on Sunday and Monday. An eloquent and pleasant man tricked him into making an investment.

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The Romanians are increasingly victims of complex frauds carried out through WhatsApp, in which attackers invest time to gain the victim's confidence before extracting significant amounts of money. According to the activity report of the National Cyber Security Directorate (DNSC) for 2025, the compromise of WhatsApp accounts was among the most frequent incidents reported by citizens last year, according to Economica. DNSC specialists draw attent…

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In the Czech Republic, the number of investment frauds has more than tripled in the past three years, significantly facilitated by deep fake technology, artificial intelligence and other tools. However, sophisticated and difficult-to-detect scams have been around since ancient times, and their consequences for those duped were often...