Scammers also use WhatsApp to establish contact with their potential victims, especially those who carry out transactions online very often. Other hackers have found another even more elaborate method: pretending to be WhatsApp and asking you for your personal details and verification codes for security reasons. He can then repeat the operation with your contacts or ask them for money, and do so with much greater chances of success since he is pretending to be you with your own account! The scammer logs into your account on his own device. If you agree to his request, you can say goodbye to your account. Immediately afterwards, the fraudster - masquerading as one of your contacts - sends you a message telling you that he has accidentally dialled your phone number instead of his and asks you to send the verification code over to him. He reinstalls WhatsApp on his device, enters your phone number, and requests the registration code. The fraudster manages to get your phone number. It’s a relatively simple process consisting of several steps.
A more elaborate scam is to use the fake friend or fake contact technique to hack your WhatsApp account.
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