WhatsApp Wedding Card: Winter has arrived and weddings have started. In India, marriage is done with great pomp. You get a wedding card, and you get dressed up and reach the wedding venue. This tradition has been going on. But there is one marriage which can become not a feast of food but a feast of danger for you. You must have noticed that people have now started sending wedding cards on WhatsApp. This is where the danger begins.
The marriage we are talking about does not even take place in reality. But you can definitely be cheated. Nowadays new methods of cyber criminals are emerging. They have made marriage a new tactic of cyber fraud. Recently it has come to light that whatsapp But fraud is being done by sending fake wedding cards.
How is this fraud happening?
Cyber criminals are now cheating people by sending fake wedding invitation cards on WhatsApp. The wedding card comes in the form of an APK file. When a person downloads and installs this file, he puts his phone at risk.
This file can steal information like OTP, messages, contacts and even banking apps present in your phone. Therefore the risk of laundering money from the bank account also increases.
way to avoid fraud
Check file type: Actual wedding invitations usually come in the form of a video or PDF file. It is not sent in the APK file.
APK File: If Wedding Card is in the APK file, then be alert immediately. This is a clear sign that someone is trying to cheat you.
Beware of unknown numbers: If you receive a wedding card from an unknown number on WhatsApp, do not pay attention to it. Apart from this, you can also confirm the number whether it belongs to someone you know or not.
Go to your phone’s settings and turn off the option to install apps from ‘Unknown Sources’. Always keep your phone updated. Keeping the phone updated reduces the risk of cyber attacks.
