This email, which aims to lure WhatsApp users into a phishing trap, does not inspire much trust.
This is what this email looks like:
The cryptic sender, the “undisclosed recipients” and the bad German should be enough warnings that the senders are up to no good.
"Attention ! Your WhatsApp Messenger account has expired :
If you do not re-register, please log in as soon as possible
to avoid losing all filesYou can upgrade your account membership for just $0.99 by
clicking the link below:”
The only tricky thing about the email is that the links look real, but they lead somewhere completely different. You can easily check this by moving the mouse pointer over the link:
If we now click on the link, Kaspersky immediately warn us:
Without protection, you end up on a website that offers to have WhatsApp fees collected by credit card:
Watch out, trap!
WhatsApp suddenly costs what? We have reported several times that this not the case.
Nevertheless, many users believe this. And 99 cents isn't that much, is it? So the data is entered quickly; Afterwards you end up on the official WhatsApp page.
Conclusion
No, WhatsApp remains free ! If you have any doubts about this, just open your WhatsApp and check the official WhatsApp page to see if there are any relevant announcements there. But please don't click on any links in dubious emails that obviously come from scammers !
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