WhatsApp · Protection guide
Keep your WhatsApp secure
Cloning, code-request scams and spying. Lock down the account everyone in your family uses most.
What to lock down
1Two-step verification
2Cloning protection
3Common scams
4Linked devices
The single most effective step on WhatsApp: turn on the strongest two-factor authentication available and make the account private. It blocks the majority of takeover attempts at the source.
WhatsApp guides
Account Security
Someone Asked for Your WhatsApp Code? Here's What's Really Happening
The 'can you send me the code I texted by mistake' message is one of the most common account-takeover scams. How it works and how to shut it down.
Diana Reyes · Nov 6, 2026 · 7 min readScams & Phishing
Money-Transfer Scams on WhatsApp: The Patterns That Never Change
'Mom, I lost my phone, can you pay this for me?' A breakdown of the family-impersonation scam and the one question that stops it.
Victor Nunes · Oct 15, 2026 · 6 min readWeekly newsletter
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