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The communication usually starts with a greeting like âBlessings, how are you? I hope youâre doing great. Please, can you do me a favour?â or perhaps, âGood afternoon. How are you doing? Please, I need you to do me a favourâ.
Behind the seemingly innocent WhatsApp messages from trusted friends and relatives are brazen cybercriminals exploiting one of the most powerful tools at their disposal: trust.
After compromising a userâs WhatsApp account, scammers impersonate the victim and begin messaging people in the personâs contact list, relying on the familiarity of a known name and profile picture to lower their guard.
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