Do you Want to Install WhatsApp on Your PC? New Online Scam Announced on Facebook...Pls beware before clicking on Whatsapp for PC link Does it sound like you read “install Whatsapp free on your computer”? Watch out! According to ADSLZone, the fame of this mobile instant messaging application is being used by scammers to get new affiliates for Premium SMS services. How Does this This Online Fraud Work? 1. It accesses a download page where we’re promised a free Whatsapp download for your PC 2. With the excuse of checking that we are human, the installation process asks us for our mobile number 3. The download application is, in fact, the emulator Bluestacks Android. It allows you to install Android Applications on your computer and also allows you to access downloads for free and without intermediaries 4. Once you give them your mobile phone number, you are charged with a subscription service which can cost you up to 37 Euros per month through Premium SMS As you follow these pages, you are being convinced that you are downloading the application from a secure page by using Whatsapp’s official logo and including the “likes” of the app. They will go so far as to include ‘create a campaign of ads on Facebook’, so that the user believes that the content is being endorsed by the social network.
Posted on: Sun, 20 Apr 2014 05:07:55 +0000
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