Scammers target WhatsApp users with phishing calls from foreign shores

WhatsApp users have experienced a deluge of missed voice and video calls over the past week from numerous different country codes, a report by the Economic Times (ET) said.

This is the latest in phishing attempts by scammers that have the telecom sector scrambling to combat the growing threat, it added.

The issue is that while telcos and the regulator have been working to develop artificial intelligence (AI)-based solutions to stop spam calls and messages over the regular terrestrial network, scammers have moved to over-the-top (OTT) communication platforms like WhatsApp.