The danger in WhatsApp and shopping: How to protect your money

A consumer affairs reporter from Channel 14 warns about scams on WhatsApp and shopping websites, and offers ways to protect yourself: a secret family code for messages, avoiding saving credit card details on websites, and two-factor authentication.

A consumer affairs reporter from Channel 14 warns about scams on WhatsApp and shopping websites, and offers simple ways to protect yourself. Among the recommendations: inventing a secret family code for WhatsApp messages to verify the sender's identity, avoiding saving credit card details on shopping websites, enabling two-factor authentication on important accounts, and not giving in to pressure in suspicious messages. The article cites consumer experts and an expert without naming them, and emphasizes that small habits of caution are the most effective line of defense.