QuickCheck: Are people losing access to their own WhatsApp accounts through a new scam tactic?

By R. SEKARAN

IT HAS been claimed recently that people are being duped by scammers who take over their WhatsApp accounts.

Apparently, scammers are hijacking WhatsApp accounts and then sending fraudulent appeals for help, containing links for the transfers, to people on the victims' contact lists.

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