Protecting Shared Payment Apps From Someone You Just Met on WhatsApp
Check and lock down the privacy settings on any payment app before connecting with a new contact. On WhatsApp, where the dominant catfish pattern is non-fixed VoIP numbers used to route the conversation off the original dating platform, this applies directly: Payment apps often default to showing your contacts, activity, or handle publicly, which is more exposure than most people realize.
Steps
- 01
Set your payment app's transaction visibility to private.
- 02
Avoid linking a payment app's public handle to your dating profile or shared socials.
- 03
Don't add a new online contact as a payment-app "friend" before meeting in person.
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