WhatsApp adds a new warning about possible group chat fraud

WhatsApp shared a new update on how to prevent fraud, as well as unveiling a new feature aimed at protecting users from potential deceptive. People will now receive alerts when adding to a new WhatsApp group by a person not in their contacts.

Safety overview will include these main details about group chat, such as the number of members, whether any other members of the chat and the start of chatting. It also provides some reminders of good sense about how to avoid fraud. Users can get out of the group from this alert without looking at the chat if they choose, or they can look at the chat to verify whether a group they want to participate in.

WhatsApp said he will “continue to test new methods” to provide similar alerts on individual direct messages within their service. It seems that these tools are still under development, but the company indicated that it is working on ways to capture fraudsters who start calling on a different platform before transferring a conversation to WhatsApp.

In addition to the inner tools, WhatsApp said it also identified many of the accounts used and prohibited to commit fraud. During the first half of 2025, the company said it had discovered and banned more than 6.8 million accounts linked to fraud centers.

The Federal Trade Committee published Over the years about the spread of fraud on social media platforms.