Since a few days, a new Christmas-chain is circulating a letter on WhatsApp. It should be an expensive fraud.

Munich – WhatsApp-User beware! After the creepy Momo-Challenge (which resulted in hundreds of students worldwide for nightmares) for a few days, a new chain letter of the round: This is a puzzle that can have for the Users of the popular messaging service very expensive consequences.

WhatsApp New chain letter – “You come into a room”

The chain of puzzle bears the title: “You come into a room.” The recipient is asked to solve the puzzle correctly. He should send but the wrong answer, then he needs to swap – match the Christmas season – his profile picture with a help of the Santa Claus image.

the Text of the riddle is: “A game for you, You’re in a room. On the bed are 2 dogs and 3 cats. The Santa Claus, a donkey and 5 reindeer rum… 3 pigeons and a small duck flying through the area are there… so! How many feet are in the room? If you incorrectly answer, you will need to 3 days the image of Santa Claus for WhatsApp as profile picture. Answer ???”

caution, Spoiler: The correct answer is 8 feet (two receivers, two from Santa Claus, and four from the bed). However, many Users give a wrong answer and swap their profile pictures with Santa Claus. No wonder, because the Text is formulated in a deliberately vague.

caution: puzzles for WhatsApp can be expensive consequences item

According to chip.de it was a nasty. As the online portal reported, to have been contacted by several Users who have replaced the image, then a new number and asked to transfer money to the copyright owner of the image. In the case of the Santa Claus image is a copyrighted image !

chain letters and Fake Trbet contests on WhatsApp has become a real Problem. In any case, so Should you have the wrong answer sent, NOT to change the profile picture.

In other dubious news, the same applies as always: Delete the message and block the contact. If it is a chain letter, never follow the claims in the Text. And important: Send them in no case, sensitive data such as phone number or address.

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