WhatsApp 'Sextortion Video Call' Scam: What Is It, How To Protect Yourself.
WhatsApp is one of the most widely used instant messaging applications in India. With nearly every Indian spending a most amount of their time on this Meta-owned app, hackers and scammers frequently come up with new tricks to dupe victims on WhatsApp. Sextortion crimes are increasing in India and globally due to the popularity of video calls. It is a type of cybercrime that involves blackmailing someone by threatening to expose sexually explicit images or videos of them.
You can manually enable the feature from the settings which ensures that the messaging app automatically silences the call coming from random numbers that are not on your contact list.
- Click on the three-dot menu at the top-right on WhatsApp
- Go to Setting of WhatsApp
- Click on Privacy
- Scroll down to Calls
- Enable Silence unknown callers
- Head back to main WhatsApp feed
Be cautious when receiving voice/video calls from unknown numbers on WhatsApp. Avoid answering calls from unfamiliar contacts, and if in doubt, verify the caller's identity before proceeding.
"Sextortion is a malicious online crime whereby the cyber criminals threaten to distribute or 'make viral' private, sensitive and sexually explicit material pertaining to the victim,
27 янв 2024
