Are you also annoyed on WhatsApp from numbers with the area code 091? We'll tell you who is behind it and why you shouldn't answer.
You should avoid unknown numbers on WhatsApp. (Source: prykhodov/[email protected] / depositphotos.com/Montage: Netzwelt)
- WhatsApp user is currently increasingly reporting attempts to contact 0091 and +91 numbers.
- It is very likely to hide an attempt to fraud.
- You should never deal with the contact attempts.
Everyone can contact you via WhatsApp if the other person has your number. If this is easy to find on the Internet, strangers can also write to you. These anonymous senders usually do not do anything good, as the grandchildren trick proves. At the moment it is primarily foreign contacts that do not write to you in chat, but try to call you.
At the forefront are numbers from India that you can see from the country code +91. But numbers from Indonesia with the country area code +62 or Malaysia with the area code +60 are also gladly used. But someone has not chosen. Behind it is a fraud stitch.
The callers use the ping call technology. They only call you very briefly and then immediately set up again, hoping that you are calling back full of curiosity. They try to reach you both with the language call and the video call.
The goal of the mesh
So far, what exactly the callers intended with the mesh is unclear. Because while Ping calls are about getting people to call back expensive numbers, phone calls via WhatsApp are free. It is probably easy to try to get in touch with you and to sneak your trust in order to prepare an attempt to fraud.
How Swr3 reports, for example, the criminals could say that you are affected by identity theft, have been disclosed your account details or that there is a high payment.
Fraudsters from India will contact you on WhatsApp. (Source: Screenshot Netzwelt)
The procedure also has parallels to a nasty trick with which fraudsters can take over your WhatsApp account.
You are falling into the trap if you call the number back. This is intended to commission a call forwarding from your provider. If the trick succeeds, your calls and SMS will be led to a number of the criminals in the future. You change the number in your WhatsApp account and will hire it.
Spam calls from other countries also
Such spam calls not only reach you from India. In the past few weeks, numbers from Brazil, Pakistan and other countries have also been misused for the trick. In any case, we advise against receiving or recall calls. In other messengers, too, you should not get in touch with the fraudsters.
If you are annoyed by the constant calls, you should activate a new function in the messenger. She switches calls silently. Although you continue to see them in your call list, you will not be notified of them at the entrance. The tool has been available since June 2023.
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