These days, WhatsApp scams come in all shapes and sizes, including video calls from foreign phone numbers.
Because you can’t tell who is calling or if they are really phoning from Indonesia, Kenya, or simply anywhere in India, these frauds are difficult to track down. But soon, you could have a handy method to use Truecaller to trace these shady calls and figure out what kind of WhatsApp calls they are.
You can identify messages from unknown WhatsApp numbers using the Caller ID platform, but soon calls from WhatsApp and other messaging applications will also be supported by the service. According to the corporation, the functionality is now under beta testing and will be made publicly accessible by the end of this month.
The spam detection technology will also function for messages, assisting you in avoiding being duped by the job interview and power bill scam communications that have proliferated on these third-party messaging applications as well as the conventional SMSs.
Users must enable the ability to detect unknown numbers in WhatsApp and other applications in the Truecaller settings in order to utilize this function, which requires access to calls and messages on the user’s phone. You are not alone if you have recently received international calls on WhatsApp (both audio and video). Through social media, many vented their frustration over the situation and demanded that these organizations be stopped right now.
However, spam calls and texts are nothing new, therefore the problem is that WhatsApp is the perfect place for spam since it has over 400 million users in India. Even companies have begun sending promotional messages and delivery orders over WhatsApp, all without the consumers’ prior agreement.
People may join up for the beta phase of Truecaller. To join the beta program, go to the Google Play Store, search for Truecaller, scroll down the page, and click the “Join” option.
