{"id":477906,"date":"2025-08-08T23:54:46","date_gmt":"2025-08-09T03:54:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/journalist-reports-attempted-whatsapp-scam-using-a-known-contact-number\/"},"modified":"2025-08-08T23:56:40","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T03:56:40","slug":"journalist-reports-attempted-whatsapp-scam-using-a-known-contact-number","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/dominican-news\/journalist-reports-attempted-whatsapp-scam-using-a-known-contact-number\/","title":{"rendered":"Journalist reports attempted WhatsApp scam using a known contact number"},"content":{"rendered":"<strong>Santo Domingo<\/strong>. \u2013 Journalist Joseline Reyes warned this Wednesday about an attempted scam of which she was a victim through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bing.com\/search?q=WhatsApp&amp;gs_lcrp=EgRlZGdlKgYIABBFGDkyBggAEEUYOTIGCAEQRRg8qAIAsAIA&amp;FORM=ANCMS9&amp;PC=U531\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.bing.com\/search?q=WhatsApp&amp;gs_lcrp=EgRlZGdlKgYIABBFGDkyBggAEEUYOTIGCAEQRRg8qAIAsAIA&amp;FORM=ANCMS9&amp;PC=U531\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WhatsApp<\/a>, through a mechanism that involves the fraudulent use of the phone number of a known contact, possibly hacked.\n\nReyes explained that he received a message from the number of a known person, which generated initial trust. Minutes later, the scammers sent him a verification code, claiming that they had sent it by mistake and requesting that he forward it.\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>You can also read: <a href=\"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/nacionales\/intec-reconocio-miguel-franjul\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/internacionales\/periodista-dice-donbass-beban-orina\/\">Journalist tells Donbass to drink urine amid water scarcity<\/a><\/a><\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\nThe journalist immediately identified the digital fraud pattern used by criminals to gain access to messaging accounts or redirect to malicious links.\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>\u201cEs una estrategia com\u00fan para robar informaci\u00f3n personal, incluyendo credenciales bancarias, n\u00fameros de tarjetas o datos de cuentas de ahorro\u201d, <\/p><cite>advirti\u00f3 Reyes.<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\nThis type of scam has been frequently reported by users on different digital platforms, and consists of taking advantage of the trust generated by a known contact to manipulate the victim.\n\nJoseline Reyes urged the population not to share codes or links received by message, even if they come from close contacts, and to verify by other means the authenticity of any suspicious request.\n\nHe also recommended enabling two-step verification on their messaging accounts and reporting any fraud attempts to the relevant authorities.\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"513289\" src=\"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-08-08-at-8.37.02-PM-1-471x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-513289\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"513290\" src=\"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-08-08-at-8.37.01-PM-1-471x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-513290\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"513291\" src=\"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-08-08-at-8.37.01-PM-471x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-513291\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Santo Domingo. \u2013 Journalist Joseline Reyes warned this Wednesday about an attempted scam of which she was a victim through WhatsApp, through a mechanism that involves the fraudulent use of the phone number of a known contact, possibly hacked. Reyes explained that he received a message from the number of a known person, which generated [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":133543,"featured_media":477908,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40216],"tags":[40480],"class_list":{"0":"post-477906","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dominican-news","8":"tag-journalist"},"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-08-08-at-8.37.02-PM.jpeg","dum_api":{"author_name":"Carolina Alvarez","author_image":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c41b7d2513f99fce290b3781fa561c1b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","categories_name":["Dominican News"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-08-08-at-8.37.02-PM.jpeg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/133543"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=477906"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477906\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":477907,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477906\/revisions\/477907"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/477908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=477906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=477906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=477906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}