Learn how to identify and avoid spam messages on WhatsApp. Follow these tips to protect yourself from unsolicited messages and potential scams.Suspicious WhatsApp messages are more common than we would like. And this is how you can check if the person writing to us is trustworthy or not.
Receiving WhatsApp messages from unknown numbers has become a common occurrence. Conversations that begin with a hello can end in many ways, not all of them good. Internet scams have multiplied and we must therefore be very alert. We now have the possibility of detecting whether the messages are really what they seem or if, on the contrary, they are spam.
Check the authenticity of unknown messages
We receive countless messages through WhatsApp, from different sources, either from our contacts, through groups and sometimes we even receive messages through numbers that we do not have registered in our address book . Most of these turn out to be spam, so before answering or making any other decision we should check the origin.
With the new feature included in the Meta messaging app, we can easily recognize the nature of the messages and thus make the best decision about them. So when we receive a suspicious message, the best thing to do before making any choice that we later regret is to carry out the following check.
- Tap on the message to reveal not only the full content of the conversation.
- By doing so we will see all the information relating to the issuer of the same.
- First, we will see the date sent and the phone number from which the message in question was sent.
- The country code for Spain is +34 , so if the number begins with a code other than this, it indicates that the number belongs to a foreign country.
- Next, in username. And the information of the origin.
- It also offers us other types of information, such as whether the number belongs to a contact or if we share a group with this user. If the answer is negative, we should be suspicious and, in this case, block the sender.
- At the bottom right of the screen we find the green “ lock ” button
- This way we will not receive any more messages from this user and we send a clear message that we are interested.
- We can also choose to delete the chat for them by pressing the button located on the left at the bottom of the image.
A very widespread practice to try to reach us for illicit purposes, such as asking us for personal information or money directly, so we should be suspicious of this type of messages and above all not respond to their requests since most of these are from frauds. Criminals have adapted to new technologies and we must be very careful, not trust strangers and above all not click on the attached links without checking their origin.