You received a message from Booking.com ? Don't click, it's probably a scam

A recent, very popular WhatsApp scam is pretending to be Booking.com to steal your money and personal data.

There are many scams by message or telephone. Hackers always show ingenuity when it comes to their actions. to develop new techniques that could trick you. Among the latest discoveries of these malicious people, we were able to observe false applications, but also identity theft. to pretend to be someone from your family or entourage.

This latest technique seems to work on some victims since a new original attempt was recently made. identified and received by several WhatsApp instant messaging users. The application developed by the company Meta seems attractive to many hackers since it is easy to add random users and send them a message with bad intentions.

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The latest scam technique to date consists of: pretend to be the online reservation site Booking.com. Hackers impersonate people from the company to send you a message specifying that the latter is looking for new employees: "Hello.  We are looking for people to work on our mobile hotel attractions booking platform (Booking.com) to help hotels & ;agrave; increase the number of views, bookings and awareness."

The scam is even more detailed and tempting since the conditions of the so-called job are tempting. The rest of the message specifies that "the average daily income is 50é 500 euros" while hours would be flexible, tasks require& ;eacute;es very simple & to achieve and that everything can be done. directly to their phone. In short, this has all the makings of the perfect profession!

Unfortunately, this is indeed a scam. The rest of the message indicates that it is possible to contact the company Booking.com to find out more while adding a number starting with +62 (therefore located in Indonesia). The person you contact will therefore certainly try to obtain more information about you and send you a pirate link pretending to be the real Booking.com site in order to steal from you. money.

If such a message came à may be received on your phone, so do not respond to it and use the 'option ;report" which is located in the menu "…" at the top &agrav; right of the discussion. Then click on the "more” option. to be able to report the discussion and the hacker to WhatsApp services and avoid potential future victims.