Bhubaneswar: Odisha police on Saturday issued advisory to the public to not entertain any “WhatsApp Pink” link that they receive on their numbers.
In this new trend of cyber crime, criminals/scammers send messages to WhatsApp user to download a ‘WhatsApp Pink’ link and acquire a new version of the app with additional features. “When, any customer downloads WhatsApp Pink via this phishing link sent to them, the sender of the message take access of the data from the customer and easily causes financial losses to them.”
“All you need to do is delete the message,” it tweeted.
ସାବଧାନ!
ପିଙ୍କ୍ ହ୍ଵାଟ୍ସଆପ ହେଉଛି ସାଇବର ଠକଙ୍କ ଏକ ନୂତନ କୌଶଳ।ଯଦି ଆପଣଙ୍କ ମୋବାଇଲକୁ ହ୍ଵାଟ୍ସଆପ୍ ଅପଡେଟ୍ କରିବାକୁ କିଛି ଲିଙ୍କ ଆସୁଛି ଭୁଲରେ ବି ସେହି ଲିଙ୍କରେ କ୍ଲିକ୍ କରନ୍ତୁ ନାହିଁ । କ୍ଲିକ କରିବା ମାତ୍ରେ ଆପଣଙ୍କ ଫୋନର ସମସ୍ତ ଗୁରୁତ୍ୱପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣ ଓ ଗୋପନୀୟ ତଥ୍ୟ ଚୋରି ହେବାର ସମ୍ଭାବନା ରହିଛି । pic.twitter.com/7HLJJCcPoW
— Odisha Police (@odisha_police) July 8, 2023
According to certain reports, WhatsApp Pink may make an effort to disappear from the list of installed apps after installation.
Mumbai and Chandigarh police had issued similar advisory last month.
