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About suspicious links
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Android
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Web
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Example of a suspicious link
Here’s an example of a suspicious link: https://ẉhatsapp.com/free-tickets
You’ll notice the first character looks like the letter "w" but is instead the character "ẉ." This means a spammer is trying to trick you into visiting a website that isn’t actually associated with WhatsApp and that may expose you to harm.
How to protect yourself
When receiving links, carefully review the content of the message. If a link is marked suspicious, you can hover over the link and a pop-up message will appear. The message will highlight any unusual characters within the link. If the sender is one of your contacts, you can choose to open the link from the WhatsApp message, or go back to the chat. When you receive a suspicious link from someone not saved to your contacts, you can’t open the link until you add the user to your contacts or reply to the message.
WhatsApp automatically performs checks to determine if a link is suspicious. To protect your privacy, these checks take place entirely on your device. Remember, because of end-to-end encryption, WhatsApp can’t see the content of your messages.
