If you've ever received a message from an unknown number claiming to be someone you know, it's not just you and WhatsApp knows it too.
This is why a new security feature has been introduced in the Meta-owned messaging app.
In this feature, WhatsApp will warn users before opening a chat from an unknown number.
This is intended to give you a chance to think before contacting a potential fraudster.
According to Wabetainfo, this new feature is being introduced for Android and iOS users.
The company will tell you where this phone number was registered, whether it is safe to save as a contact, and whether both users are in a shared group.
After viewing these details, the user will be able to decide whether or not to chat with this unknown number, while the sender of the message will not receive any notification in this regard.
This feature will be very useful for users.
Currently, most of WhatsApp's security features only work when a chat starts.
But the new warning will be different and will appear before anything starts so that users can avoid any potential fraud.
The process of committing fraud on WhatsApp is usually very simple.
A message arrives from an unknown number claiming to be familiar and saying, "This is my new number." Since nothing is suspicious, users don't even think much of it.
Scammers take advantage of this, and WhatsApp has presented a solution to this in a new feature, so that users know where the number sending the message is registered, that is, whether it belongs to another country, before opening the chat.
The report did not specify how WhatsApp would trigger the warning process, but possibly a registration number in another country could be a key factor.
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