WhatsApp users are fooled into a latest scam named ‘WhatsApp Gold’ by hackers that will destroy your privacy.
If a message pops up on your phone saying something similar to this, don’t follow the link provided:
Hey. Finally Secret Whatsapp golden version has been leaked.
This version is used only by big celebrities.
Now we can use it too.
Whatsapp Gold :/ pic.twitter.com/NAcVz7hlam
— Abhi (@jhootha_hi_sahi) May 11, 2016
The fake app (supposedly only previously available to celebrities) boasts of providing extra features such as video chats and the tantalising option to delete messages from people’s phones after you’ve sent them.
Instead, unsuspecting users will only be infecting their mobiles with malware.
How to avoid WhatsApp virus:
The latest WhatsApp scam isn’t delivered by WhatsApp itself but through your email app on your Android phone or iPhone.
It tells you that you have missed a WhatsApp call or have a WhatsApp voice message, which you should click on the link in the email to access.
Rather than your message, you get a virus downloaded to your device.
Don’t be fooled. WhatsApp will never contact you outside the WhatsApp app itself, so if you see this then do not click the link and delete the message.
