"WhatsApp Subscription is Ending Soon" Phishing Scams
WhatsApp users, if you have received email, text or social messages like the one below, which claim that your subscription is ending, please delete them and do not follow the instructions in them. This is because the messages are fakes, created by cyber criminals to trick WhatsApp users into visiting a fraudulent website that will steal their credit card and personal information. Remember, there is no WhatsApp subscription.
The Phishing / Fraudulent WhatsApp Email Message
From: WhatsApp - info@lifeteen.com
Subject: Your subscription is ending soon.
Date: 1 May 2017 at 13:25:53 BST
Attention: Please update your payment information today to avoid service interruption.
Your subscription is ending soon.
Please update your payment information now.
UPDATE YOUR PAYMENT INFORMATION
Our records indicate that your WhatsApp trial service is exceeding the one year period. At the completion of your trial period your WhatsApp will no longer be able to send or receive message. To continue using WhatsApp without interuption, we need you to subscribe for any of our subscription periods.
To avoid service interruption, please subscribe by visiting your account page below.
Sign in to the customer portal with your Number:
We appreciate your prompt attention to this matter, and look forward to continuing to meet your communication needs.
Sincerely,
The WhatsApp Team
Account Information
Service:
WhatsApp Subscription
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WhatsApp users who have already been tricked by the fraudulent email messages are asked to contact their banks for help. They should let their banks know that they have unknowingly used their credit cards on a fraudulent website operated by cyber criminals.
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