Smartphones & Tablets | January 11, 2024
Have you received a WhatsApp call from Indonesia? Or perhaps, you are encountering repeated WhatsApp calls from India, Vietnam, Kenya, among other distant countries.
If this has happened to you, don’t worry, you’re not alone. Many users have reported on social media that they receive strange calls from these countries. And of course, they don’t have any family or friends in those areas, so these calls not only become suspicious but also a real headache.
Let’s tell you what it’s about and why you shouldn’t answer WhatsApp calls from Indonesia.
While using WhatsApp calls to scam users is not a new method, it tends to become trendy from time to time, causing alarms to go off again about this type of fraud.
WhatsApp calls from Indonesia are part of the “strange WhatsApp calls” reported on social media or as part of “fraudulent WhatsApp calls.” Yes, it is a fraud that begins with the user’s curiosity to know who is calling.
Taking advantage of this curiosity and the innocence of some users, cybercriminals often present themselves as part of a company that is offering a job. Of course, they do it in a very “professional” and convincing way to make the user believe that it is a legitimate offer and that the way of contacting is not so strange.
And once they have the user’s attention and capture their interest, they use a series of tactics. In some cases, they ask the user to open a certain web link to apply or learn more about the supposed job, or they insist that they call certain international numbers.
Of course, this opens the door for cybercriminals to deploy all their strategies for phishing attacks, data theft, malware, etc. In other cases, they ask users to like YouTube videos or perform certain actions on social media, as reported.
So, if you receive WhatsApp calls from Indonesia or from anywhere in the world from an unknown user, as a first measure: don’t answer.
The next step is to block the person so that they cannot call you again or send you messages on WhatsApp. You can do this directly from the WhatsApp Calls section.
And to report the call and send a report to WhatsApp, you can follow the same steps mentioned above and select “Report.” It’s a simple process since WhatsApp will only ask you to specify the reason for the report.
On the other hand, if you want to avoid receiving suspicious international calls, you just have to set it up in advance in the WhatsApp settings:
As clarified in the description of this option, WhatsApp will silence these calls, although they will be recorded, and you will see them in notifications. However, they won’t be a nuisance, and you can delete them permanently by following the steps mentioned above.
