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"WhatsApp Account Will Expire Soon" Scam and the Malicious Website www.wspp.im

WhatsApp Account Will Expire Soon Scam and the Malicious Website www.wspp.im

The text message or SMS below: "Your WhatsApp account (614########) will expire soon. Would you like a free one-year WhatsApp membership?" is a scam. The text message contains a link that goes to the website: www.wspp.im, which asks for your telephone number, and keeps doing so, even though you have entered a correct phone number. Whatever you do, please do not follow the instructions in this text message or on the website.

A Copy of the Text Message (SMS)

Your WhatsApp account (614########) will expire soon.
Would you like a free one-year WhatsApp membership?

Activation link:
http://wspp .im/no/614########

Can't click on the link?

Click on the "Add" button on upper-right corner. Then click on "Create New Contact". Type "WhatsApp" as user name and save.

Close WhatsApp completely and restart. Open the message and click on the link!
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The text message above came from the telephone number 669-1784-4933.

This how the website www.wspp.im/ looks

website hxxp://wspp.im/

website hxxp://wspp.im/

You haven't enter your phone number!
Type the exact URL you have got with the message.
Add your phone number to the end of the URL:
Ex. ( 61xxxxxxxxx )

The antivirus software maker AutoShun, classifies this website as suspicious.

The website www.wspp.im, is not associated with WhatsApp and only collects telephone numbers, which the cybercriminals behind it will use to scam the holders of these numbers.

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Sep 4, 2016 at 6:02 AM by
"WhatsApp Account Will Expire Soon" Scam and the Malicious Website www.wspp.im
an anonymous user from: London, England, United Kingdom

I have received this text message from 01708394009.

Delete

Feb 19, 2014 at 9:18 PM by
"WhatsApp Account Will Expire Soon" Scam and the Malicious Website www.wspp.im
an anonymous user from: Singapore, Central Singapore, Singapore

I received this message from 66 95 682 3592. I have blocked that number to prevent receiving further messages from this scammer.

Delete

Feb 17, 2014 at 6:07 AM by
"WhatsApp Account Will Expire Soon" Scam and the Malicious Website www.wspp.im
an anonymous user from: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

I would like to know if affects online banking etc?

Delete

Feb 9, 2014 at 3:21 PM by
"WhatsApp Account Will Expire Soon" Scam and the Malicious Website www.wspp.im
an anonymous user from: Timon, Maranhao, Brazil

Its really quite clever this one. The first message is harmless, but if you do as it asks, you add the sender of the message to your contacts as "WhatsApp". If a sender is in your contacts list, URLs are clickable.

When you click the link, you tell them which of the 1000s of numbers they have spammed have done this.

The malicious payload will be in the next message. This time It will appear to be officially from WhatsApp and be clickable.

Be careful.

Delete

Feb 7, 2014 at 2:04 PM by
"WhatsApp Account Will Expire Soon" Scam and the Malicious Website www.wspp.im
an anonymous user from: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

The link I received is: hxxp://whtsp.in/au/61xxxxxxxx, and from the number 6695 864 5448.

Delete

Feb 7, 2014 at 6:27 AM by
"WhatsApp Account Will Expire Soon" Scam and the Malicious Website www.wspp.im
an anonymous user from: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

How do they know your number?Which they give with the link?
Which means they have your mobile number. I already... so whats the point in sending this.. I am not sure.

Delete

waiting

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