Deceived and misled. By the time you notice it, it's usually too late!

We warn you about messages on WhatsApp that point out a new WhatsApp function. Here we show what happens here and why many people fall for it!

It all starts with a message on WhatsApp. Of course, this message typically comes from a person in your contact list. The message is also written as if it was actually written by the sender:

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The whole thing is of course a trick, because it is an automatically generated message that relies on the personal relationship of trust between the sender and recipient. The recipient trusts the content because he or she knows the sender.

Viral nonsense!

If you follow this link, you will land on a website that looks a bit like a store. A counter that is supposed to convey a little time pressure (and has no real function, by the way) runs down. The request that you share this offer with either 20 people or in three groups is clearly visible:

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From this point on it becomes clear that this entire structure is dubious! The compulsion to share shows that you should let some nonsense go viral.

At this point, the message you received at the beginning appears again, because if you follow the request to share this page, this will happen via an automatic message, just like you received one yourself. You now become the sender yourself and attract others to this page.

What happens now?

In the end, nothing happened in our test run, only a commission competition opened. So you can assume that the entire scam is nothing more than viral click bait designed to lure as many people as possible into a commission program.

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