According to a Malwarebytes report, individuals working in the UK are being scammed by a recent phishing campaign on WhatsApp.
Scammers claim in a WhatsApp message that users who are willing to relocate to the UK for work will be eligible for a free visa as well as other perks.
Bogus scam message
Scam operators are disseminating information under the pretext of the UK government, promising a free visa and other advantages to anyone who wants to migrate there. The chosen candidates would be given travel and lodging expenses as well as access to medical facilities.
The WhatsApp chat app is used to transmit to target volumes to start the fraud. Users are informed that the UK is conducting a recruiting drive with more than 186,000 open job positions because the country will require more than 132,000 additional workers by the year 2022.
The objective of the scam
When a victim clicks on the scam link, a ma
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