Why you should not respond to those WhatsApp technical assistance messages

NEW DELHI: WhatsApp has become one of the targeted platforms by scammers as almost every day we come across a new scam on the popular app. Now again a new scam is doing rounds of WhatsApp.
In the new scam, an account that pretends as the official WhatsApp communication account asks users to share their verification code. In order to appear authentic, the account uses the WhatsApp logo as the profile picture. But it is important to note that WhatsApp doesn’t use its own platform to communicate with its users. Instead, the Facebook-owned app uses its official Twitter account to make any important announcement.
WABetaInfo, the Twitter account which keeps track of WhatsApp changes has asked users not to fall prey to any such scam. They also posted a message on Twitter about the same. In reply to a user query, WABetaInfo revealed this information. A WhatsApp user tweeted a screenshot that he received from a scammer. The image consists of a message which the WhatsApp user received from the scammer asking him to verify his identity by giving the six-digit verification code which he received via SMS. This verification code is used to activate WhatsApp on a new device.