WhatsApp has announced a new Scam Alert feature designed to protect users from online fraud. The tool uses AI to analyze messages received from unknown contacts, examining conversation patterns and linguistic cues to identify potential scams.

If suspicious activity is detected, users will see a warning within the chat—visible only to them—with options to block or report the account. The feature requires manual activation and will download a machine learning model to analyze messages directly on the user’s device.

WhatsApp emphasized that conversation content will not be shared with the app, third parties, or parent company Meta, ensuring user privacy is maintained.

The full article provides more details on how this feature works.

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