Don’t do 'this mistake' while using WhatsApp otherwise, your bank account can be debited!
Friday - December 27, 2019 11:28 am ,
Category : WTN SPECIAL
Do not be negligent in using WhatsApp QR Code
Be careful! Hackers can empty your bank account through WhatsApp
DEC 27 (WTN) - As you may know, WhatsApp is the most popular instant messaging app in the whole world. WhatsApp has around 150 crore active monthly users, all over the world, of which WhatsApp alone has 40 crore active monthly users in India. There are many features including end-to-end encryption that make WhatsApp popular all over the world. As we told you that crores of WhatsApp users are in India, so hackers are now targeting people using WhatsApp and using their WhatsApp to make money from their bank account.
You must have shocked reading all this and at the same time, you are scared that how can anyone empty someone's bank account with the help of WhatsApp? So what is this whole matter, let us tell you about it in detail. Actually, fraudsters use the QR code of a WhatsApp user to cheat through WhatsApp. During this time, fraudsters send their QR code and ask users to scan and pay the QR code through WhatsApp.
For your information, let us tell you that in most cases, fraudsters target those people who have posted advertisements in online domains. So let you know that WhatsApp QR Code is used for payment and not for receiving payment. Now let us tell you how the fraudsters do all this fraud?
Actually, first of all, fraudsters give a message to a WhatsApp user through a message such as his lottery has been opened or someone wants to transfer money to his/her bank account. Now if the WhatsApp user got lured by this message and responded to this message, the hackers tell the WhatsApp user that if he/she wants the money, he/she will have to scan a QR code. As soon as the WhatsApp user scans that code, the money is debited from his account. For your information, let us tell you that the QR code has to be scanned to pay money and not to receive money.
On the other hand, experts say that it happens many times that fraudster’s paste their QR code on the QR code of a vendor. In this case, the money being paid is credited to the fraudulent bank account instead of being credited to the vendor's bank account. In such a situation, we advise you to be very cautious while using the QR code.
At the same time, it happens that the fraudsters will tell you that their mobile phone is not working and in such a way you should pay through QR code and they will give you cash. We advise you to never do this because the fraudsters attack malware on your mobile phone in this way.
Not only this but through an online portal, you can also be cheated. Actually, the fraudsters send money to your bank account and talk to you as a customer care executive. In many cases, they ask you to scan the QR code sent to your WhatsApp number and pay as soon as you scan the QR code, all the money being debited from your bank. So we advise you to use WhatsApp very carefully, because if you have made any mistake related to QR code due to greed or carelessness then your bank account can be empty.
DEC 27 (WTN) - As you may know, WhatsApp is the most popular instant messaging app in the whole world. WhatsApp has around 150 crore active monthly users, all over the world, of which WhatsApp alone has 40 crore active monthly users in India. There are many features including end-to-end encryption that make WhatsApp popular all over the world. As we told you that crores of WhatsApp users are in India, so hackers are now targeting people using WhatsApp and using their WhatsApp to make money from their bank account.
You must have shocked reading all this and at the same time, you are scared that how can anyone empty someone's bank account with the help of WhatsApp? So what is this whole matter, let us tell you about it in detail. Actually, fraudsters use the QR code of a WhatsApp user to cheat through WhatsApp. During this time, fraudsters send their QR code and ask users to scan and pay the QR code through WhatsApp.
For your information, let us tell you that in most cases, fraudsters target those people who have posted advertisements in online domains. So let you know that WhatsApp QR Code is used for payment and not for receiving payment. Now let us tell you how the fraudsters do all this fraud?
Actually, first of all, fraudsters give a message to a WhatsApp user through a message such as his lottery has been opened or someone wants to transfer money to his/her bank account. Now if the WhatsApp user got lured by this message and responded to this message, the hackers tell the WhatsApp user that if he/she wants the money, he/she will have to scan a QR code. As soon as the WhatsApp user scans that code, the money is debited from his account. For your information, let us tell you that the QR code has to be scanned to pay money and not to receive money.
On the other hand, experts say that it happens many times that fraudster’s paste their QR code on the QR code of a vendor. In this case, the money being paid is credited to the fraudulent bank account instead of being credited to the vendor's bank account. In such a situation, we advise you to be very cautious while using the QR code.
At the same time, it happens that the fraudsters will tell you that their mobile phone is not working and in such a way you should pay through QR code and they will give you cash. We advise you to never do this because the fraudsters attack malware on your mobile phone in this way.
Not only this but through an online portal, you can also be cheated. Actually, the fraudsters send money to your bank account and talk to you as a customer care executive. In many cases, they ask you to scan the QR code sent to your WhatsApp number and pay as soon as you scan the QR code, all the money being debited from your bank. So we advise you to use WhatsApp very carefully, because if you have made any mistake related to QR code due to greed or carelessness then your bank account can be empty.
