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WhatsApp Banned Over 68 Lakh Accounts Linked To Online Scams

UPI on MSN · 1d

Whatsapp deletes 6.8 million accounts linked to scams

Aug. 6 (UPI) -- WhatsApp has taken down 6.8 million accounts linked to scammers around the world, Meta said. WhatsApp rolled out a new anti-scam measure to alert users of scams. Many of the scams were tied to criminal organizations in South East Asia, according to Meta.

Associated Press News on MSN · 1d

WhatsApp takes down 6.8 million accounts linked to criminal scam centers, Meta says

WhatsApp has taken down 6.8 million accounts that were “linked to criminal scam centers” targeting people online around that world, its parent company Meta said this week. The account deletions, which Meta said took place over the first six months of the year,

Metro on MSN · 27m

WhatsApp deletes 6,800,000 scam accounts offering fake jobs, investments and products

Over 6.8 million accounts have been scrubbed off of WhatsApp as part of a crackdown on ‘criminal scam centres’, most of them in South East Asia. Meta is working to target too-good-to-be-true offers and unsolicited texts unleashed to steal people’s personal information or money.

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TechCrunch on MSN · 2d

WhatsApp adds new features to protect against scams

The company announced that it took down over 6.8 million WhatsApp accounts linked to criminal scam centers targeting people around the world.

CNET on MSN · 2d

WhatsApp Adds Tools to Save You From Scams

In a post, the Meta-owned service says it took down more than 6.8 million accounts linked to scam networks primarily based in Southeast Asia. WhatsApp said that many of them are driven by cryptocurrency investment scams and pyramid schemes, and that some use ChatGPT to generate text and links that may send users to other apps.

Engadget on MSN · 2d

WhatsApp adds new warning about potential group chat messaging scams

WhatsApp has shared a new update about how it prevents scams, as well as unveiling a new feature aimed at protecting users from possible swindles. People will now receive alerts when they are added to a new WhatsApp group by someone not in their contacts.

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WhatsApp Has A Master Plan To Lure Over iMessage Users

Many iPhone owners in the U.S. prefer iMessage to WhatsApp, but a new guest chat feature could make the third-party app more ...

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How to Use WhatsApp Without the App: Here’s the Easy Way

WhatsApp is now accessible straight from a browser or desktop without the phone needing to be on and connected to the ...

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No WhatsApp? No Problem – Guest Chats Are Coming

WhatsApp is testing a new feature that allows people to communicate with users over the platform even if they don't have an ...

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