

I tried to explain to him that he should have reported the matter, but the damage was done by then. The sender asked for money in return for deleting these pictures, and he gave in to the pressure because he panicked. Soon after, my friend received his morphed photos from the same number.

She adds, “The minute the call was received, the screen went blank and after about 20 seconds, the call disconnected from the other end. But after receiving multiple calls, he finally gave in and picked up once out of irritation and curiosity,” shares Aakriti, a product manager.

“One of my friends started receiving video calls from an international number on WhatsApp. (Photo: Shutterstock) Some popular personalities such as actor Rahul Ramakrishna have also tweeted their concern regarding such incoming calls on WhatsApp. WhatsApp and Facebook users are recently receiving numerous calls from unknown international numbers. This has come into the limelight since some users started sharing their grievances on social media platforms. Well, you aren’t the only one who might be concerned about such a barrage of unknown calls on one or more of your mobile apps, as quite a few others in the city are facing the same situation. Have you recently missed audio or video calls on your WhatsApp number or Facebook Messenger? Recheck and confirm if these abrupt incoming calls were from numbers starting with +237 (Cameroon, Africa), +84 (Vietnam), +251 (Ethiopia, Africa), +62 (Indonesia) and likewise other international codes.
