WhatsApp introduces new scam alert feature to prevent online fraud

Published 2 hours ago | By Nouman Shakeel

Instant messaging application WhatsApp has announced the introduction of a new scam alert feature to protect users from online fraud. This feature will use artificial intelligence (AI) to review messages that are not received from people in the user’s contacts.

Through the new tool, WhatsApp will analyze the conversational style and linguistic cues of messages to assess whether the relevant message is part of a potential scam or fraud.

If WhatsApp suspects that a conversation is fraudulent, a warning will be shown to the user within the chat. This warning will be visible only to the relevant user and will not be known to the other person.

After receiving the warning, the user will have the option to block or report the relevant account, while he can also continue the conversation if he wants.

According to WhatsApp, this feature must be activated by the user himself. When enabled, the app will download a machine learning model that will analyze messages directly on the user's device. The company has clarified that during this process, the content of the conversation will not be sent to WhatsApp, any third parties, or its parent company Meta, which aims to timely identify potential fraud while maintaining user privacy.

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