A look at the most common types of WhatsApp scams and how to avoid them

Getting a lot of work-from-home job offers on WhatsApp lately, with a salary of Rs 20,000 for just a day’s work? If your first thought was that it’s too good to be true, then you’re right. These texts are nothing but a part of an increasingly popular campaign by fraudsters designed to steal your money.

While some scams might appear to be obvious, such as those that declare you’ve won a huge lottery, others which claim to offer WFH are sophisticated and convincing. Recently, a Maharashtra woman fell victim to one of these and before she could realise she was being scammed, she ended up losing Rs 15.22 lakh to the fraudsters.