Beware of WhatsApp’s free 1,000GB data scam

Researchers at cybersecurity firm ESET recently received a text on WhatsApp which claimed that the app was giving away 1000 gigabytes of free data to celebrate its 10th anniversary, The fake campaign retraces to a domain which is populated by more fake offers made to look like they come from popular brands.

“What strikes us right off the bat here is that the URL that comes with the message is not an official WhatsApp domain,” the researchers said in a blog post.