Beware of WhatsApp scams!

Don’t believe those job opportunities or that extra cash you could easily have in your hands, when the news reaches you via WhatsApp.

Experts warn that cybercriminals contact their potential victims via Instagram and WhatsApp usurping the name of an e-commerce store called “Shopee”.

Cybercriminals mimic the features of a legitimate grocery store e-commerce call “Shopee”luring unsuspecting users with enticing promises such as earning large sums of money in one day by selling seemingly genuine products.

They start the scam by involving the victim in the ua type of group An Instagram show where someone introduces themselves as “Shopee Recruitment Director” and offers a job for a tempting amount.

After the victim contacts the number What’s up that he was told by the supposed director and is looking for more information, they call him the same as in the previous contact on Instagram, but instead of mentioning Shopee, they say that they are part of a similar company: InShopee.

When the victim contacts the number What’s up which the alleged director pointed out to him and asks for more information, they call him the same as in the previous contact on Instagram, but instead of mentioning Shopee, they say that they are part of a similar company: InShopee, according to experts from ESET Latin America.

Once this personal data is provided, fraudsters give a link inshopee.vip (not Shopee) and a screenshot of what the page would look like to complete the registration.’

Before buying or transferring, research the reputation of an online store by looking for reviews and comments from other users to verify its authenticity and quality of service.

When entering the link that the attackers give them, it is observed that the browser recognizes it as insecure, as long as it uses http and not https. You can see a note on the page that the images of the page are not too serious because they look pixelated on both desktop and mobile.

After the registration is done, a page whose buttons Generally they don’t work and only replenishing the balance works.

After a few minutes of registration, the victim receives a call phone it comes from the same number he was communicating with on WhatsApp where what appears to be a female voice tells him that he should make a transfer to the account that appears after the “recharge” button or instead make a withdrawal order for which they provided an ID number.

According to ESET, this is another indicator lie stock exchange because the company would have a business account whose owner would be a legal company and not a natural person.