Story no.62OngoingCyberLowParis23 Oct → 27 Oct4 facts · 11 art.
The National Police warns of a WhatsApp scam involving a fake contest
On October 23, 2026, the National Police warns against WhatsApp messages asking recipients to vote for a person in a contest, a link that could be used to hack accounts and contacts. On October 26, a new fake contest scam is identified: it prompts victims to vote in order to steal their account and then demand money from their contacts. On October 27, a variant of the fake vote invites users to vote for a contact in order to take control of the victim's account and data. The same day, a scam spreading fake messages from contacts, such as "Could you vote for Eliska?", is reported as widely circulated.
6 articles of rated outlets · 5 unrated outside the bar · 9 sources (11 art.) · 2 bords sur 3 · outlets: left 0, centre 3, right 1
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Center and right-wing articles cover the same WhatsApp fake-vote scam, with the center focusing on the mechanism and verification steps, while the right emphasizes the gendarmerie's alert and the exploitation of trust between contacts.
Left
No coverage from this side.
Centre
Highlights how the scam works (link, security code, account access, conversations and photos), ways to tell if the account has been hacked, and steps to take. Also mentions the risk of money requests to contacts and the spread of messages such as "Could you vote for Eliska?".
Right
Emphasizes the national gendarmerie's alert about a voting link for a young dancer, presented as an attempt to hack the WhatsApp account by exploiting trust between contacts.
Written by an AI from headlines and extracts only of all events in the story · 28 Oct, 02h46
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newest firstOutlets:LeftCentreRightUncategorised· badge = severity
- 08h37
LatestUne nouvelle arnaque WhatsApp aux faux messages de proches circule
Une escroquerie diffusant de faux messages de proches, du type « Pourrais-tu voter pour Eliska ? », circule largement ces jours-ci. Elle vise à tromper les destinataires.
Nice-MatinCentre
- 07h00
New WhatsApp scam involving fake voting
A new WhatsApp scam invites users to vote for a contact in order to take over the victim's account and data.
BFMTV / RMCCentreEurope 1RightSites gouvernementaux (gouv.fr)Uncategorised
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