WhatsApp 1000GB scam: Don’t fall for this dubious message claiming to offer free mobile data

WhatsApp 1000GB Data: Ever received a message offering 1000GB free Internet data on WhatsApp? Tread carefully, as it has emerged that it is a scam which is spreading its web very fast. Researchers working at the Cybersecurity firm, ESET, received a text on WhatsApp saying that the Facebook-owned platform was giving away 1000 GB internet data to mark its 10th anniversary in 2019.

The fraud campaign is hosted by a domain, which is home to a yet another spurious offers pretending to be from prominent brands. Moreover, the URL which comes along with the message is not an official domain of WhatsApp, the researchers from ESET stated in a blog post on Monday.