WhatsApp
introduced an invite system last year when it rolled out voice calling
in phases to all its users, and appears to be the reason scam artists
are trying an ‘invite link’ to dupe users to do the same for WhatsApp
video calling. Notably however, the official invite system did not make
use of links to any website – not even the company’s own. The
Facebook-owned firm certainly appears to have learnt from its mistakes
with the voice calling rollout, and WhatsApp video calling is
automatically enabled via updates from respective app stores.
This hasn’t stopped the
unsolicited invite link from going viral on WhatsApp, and duping users.
It wrongly guides users that only people with an invitation can enable
WhatsApp video calling. This information is wrong as all iPhone,
Windows Phone, and Android users now have the WhatsApp video calling
update rolling out to their smartphones. There is no invite system
being used by the company, and the WhatsApp video calling feature is
available to all freely via a simple update. Just head to the Google
Play/App Store/ or Windows Store to check for an update manually, and
download it via mobile data or Wi-Fi to activate video calling.
This message is widely being
thought to be the real deal because of link name and the interface of
the website that it leads to artfully spoof the legitimate site and
app. There is more than one variations of this invite being forwarded
in an attempt to dupe people waiting to try WhatsApp video calling. The
links ‘whatsapp.org.videocallenable.co‘ or ‘whatsappvideostart.com‘
have an interface that matches the actual app’s colour pattern. It has
a bold green button in the middle that claims to activate WhatsApp
video calling and even has screenshots of the video calling feature to
convince users of its legitimacy.
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