How to Know If
Someone Is Cloning Your WhatsApp Account
In fact, your WhatsApp account is under threat when your identity is at
risk. If you know your identity has been compromised in a security breach like
this, you need to report it to WhatsApp immediately, so it can take prompt
action. Firstly, WhatsApp does not report any security breach to the users. If
you wish to report a security breach to WhatsApp, visit the Support page by
visiting Settings>General>Security>Report a Security Breach. But there
are a number of things that may help you identify if you have been cloned,
other than your WhatsApp number. Your mobile number If you have been cloned,
you may get your account with a different phone number. This indicates that the
fraudster is located in a different country.
How to stop
WhatsApp from being cloned
There is no full proof way to know that someone has cloned your WhatsApp
account and poses as you in WhatsApp Web but there are ways you can take
precautions to know if someone is cloning your WhatsApp account. Start browsing
through the public notifications of the two accounts. If you find both have the
same or similar screen name or profile picture, then the clone is likely to be
the work of a hacker. Alternatively, check through the public timeline of the
two accounts to find out if they have crossed or interacted with each other.
Make sure that you have the two accounts activated separately in the same
device. If you haven't, you can either take them out of the App or get the
security feature of WhatsApp.
Conclusion
The matter is not yet fully solved, there is no information available on how
the issue can be resolved. There are attempts to get the problem to get fixed
but they are being slowed down due to security concerns. Experts are also in a
dilemma because they don’t know who to blame for this issue and that should be
of major concern to everyone. For now, you can switch off Whatsapp Web for your
account but this may not be an answer. In my opinion, users are forking out a
huge amount of money for this app and even then there are issues with security.
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