SG police: Beware of phishing scam involving fake ‘WhatsApp Web’ pages


Victims wanting to use WhatsApp on their computers searched for the official WhatsApp Web webpage on online search engines and clicked on the first few search results without verifying the URL links. — dpa

SINGAPORE: Pay close attention to what is in your Web browser’s address bar the next time you log in to WhatsApp Web as it could be a new variant of phishing scams instead.

In a media statement on Oct 27, the police warned of fraudulent websites that “trick users into authorising access to their WhatsApp account for the scammers”.

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