Malicious Whatsapp Gold Edition Sends Premium-Rate SMS

  • 11 October 2014
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Fake app advertises exclusive features such as backgrounds
By Ionut Ilascu on October 11th, 2014 

 A fake Gold Edition version of the popular Whatsapp messaging mobile app is being distributed through social networking websites, promising exclusive features, but in fact it surreptitiously subscribes the victim to premium-rate messaging services.
The fraudulent app has been discovered to affect users in Spain, with the National Police and the Civil Guard in the country issuing alerts about the scam.

It is promoted on Facebook and Twitter under the name of “WhatsApp Edición Oro” to the Spanish users and advertises access to special emoticons and image backgrounds for the mobile devices. Full Article

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