WhatsApp’s new feature will give a break to scammers, you will get warning even before the message saying ‘Hello brother, new number’

WhatsApp New Security Feature: Have you also ever received the message “Hello brother… on WhatsApp? I am your friend, my old number has been switched off, this is my new number” As the message has come, now you need to be more cautious than before. Let us tell you that such messages have become the most common method of online fraud these days. In which scammers win your trust by pretending to be your friend, relative or acquaintance and then try to defraud you of money or personal information. But now to protect against this threat, WhatsApp has rolled out a new security feature.

Will give alert even before the chat starts

Till now it was seen that most of the security features of WhatsApp were activated only when the conversation had started. But now with the arrival of the new feature the picture will change completely. Let us tell you that in the report of WABetaInfo it has been said that this feature is being released for both Android and iOS users. As soon as a user starts chatting with such a number. A security warning will appear on the screen that has never had a conversation before.

This important information will be available in the warning

In this new pop-up, many important information will be shown to the users. It will tell which country or region the number belongs to. Whether the number is saved in your contact list and whether both of you are part of a common WhatsApp group. Based on this information, the user will be able to decide whether to continue the chat or close it immediately. The special thing is that your decision will not be known to the other person at all.

Scammers’ trick will fail

Online fraudsters often create an atmosphere of haste and do not give people a chance to think, but this new feature of WhatsApp will be activated at the same time. When an unknown person contacts you for the first time. If someone pretends to be your friend and WhatsApp shows that the number is from another country, you will immediately become suspicious and you can avoid possible fraud.

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still be careful

Regarding this, cyber experts say that this feature will definitely provide an additional layer of security but it cannot be considered as a guarantee of complete security. However, if the scammer’s number is already saved in your phone or an acquaintance has actually taken a new number, then it would not be right to rely only on this feature. Therefore, the safest way is to verify the identity of any unknown number before trusting it.