WhatsApp’s optional Scam Alert feature has entered testing for select Android beta users. Powered by an on-device machine learning model, it flags potential scam messages from unknown contacts while keeping message content on the device and giving users options to trust, block or report chats.
Hyderabad police have warned users about ‘GhostPairing’, a new WhatsApp scam that exploits the app’s device-linking feature to hijack accounts through fake links. The scam relies on social engineering rather than hacking WhatsApp’s security systems.
A user recently shared on Reddit how he almost got scammed when a suspicious message came in asking for a code. After responding, he immediately received a verification code on his phone, which he believed was an attempt to hack his account.
