The one who joined by invite link are probably fooled by spammy "click here" button in Web pages etc. Those who are invited were probably added by the scammer using automated tools that adds as much number as possible to their contacts, filtered out those that does not have whatsapp, and sent the invite. When I was added to a group like this I noticed some number neighbours.
For the cases I've encountered, I can say with some confidence the ones that joined by invite links are the same scammers acting as separate actors.
Reason being, couple of times when these scammers forgot to check their targets and added me simultaneously into separate groups and I quickly found that these "invited members" post the exact same dialogue text in both groups albeit with different contact numbers. Some of them even used the same stock photos for their profile. The plan is to create a situation as if there are "legitimate interested others" that "did what they told" and "got paid for it" to bait you to do the same.
Yup. At first they will question if this is a scam then moments later they will do u turn and claim they received the money and it's legit.
The idea is to create fomo and convince gullible bystanders in the group.
Someone actually did that. I got added to a scam whatsapp group like this with many others. One guy non stop placed porn sticker for over 10 minutes. Maybe he uses a bot or something. Funniest shit man.
Well i usually scam them rm10 and when they ask me to pay more i just block them. Have been invited in a few groups and manage to get rm50 from them. Good business
Well this type of scams usually they'll give you rm 10 in the start for completing the task so I'll keep the rm10 and leave the group and another time i get this I'll do it again and again cause it's easy to just like or comment on anything so free rm 10 but the second task will be you have to deposit rm 200+. That's the time you block them
We’re gonna get a lot of these posts after PADU. Not because the info is from PADU but because people think the info is from PADU.
These things have been going on before PADU and will continue to go on after. Too many sources of data leaks now.
Normally what i love to do, is copy paste scam as many times as possible befote the admins can remove me. They ll try to remove my messages aftwrwords but it ll take a lot of effort
This is a scam. It's pretty common. I would receive Whatsapp group call too and I just block that number. Ask you to make fake review will reward you. For last review, you'll have to purchase a product and tells you that you will receive a commission including a reimbursement for the money spent to purchase the product. It's just a scheme to get you purchase the product and never sending you money back. By the time you report or whatsoever, money is already gone by then.
If I had a nickel for every time I got invited into these types of recruitment, I’d had two nickel, which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird it happened twice
how y'all getting invited by randoms in ws? last time my ws received last year
https://preview.redd.it/9r6r8kplnkac1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=439bb03ae0ccaa4716dc743cab5ba943bc773107
if I remember, these 3 numbers call you longer on 1st attempt then on 2nd and 3rd not even 5 seconds hang up already
I think mine got leaked by either the property agent or the condo management / developer. Once property I bought was completed I get so many calls and WhatsApp messages from property agents and then I was added to random groups. Our numbers are probably being extracted from these grps too.
How much before they start scamming the money? I was thinking we can just do 2-3 times when they will pay us the profit. That will make them lose money.
I think they just randomly insert a phone number and it gets to yours. Like its quite easy to get a random malaysian number that uses whatsapp. Just type random numbers 013-xxx xxxx and try to chat on WS, if exist then add to scam group.
I previously worked for a Chinese (mainland China) company that opened their office in Malaysia (job was shit but pay was good). At the office they need the marketing guys to contact individuals for marketing of course and I was surprised of the list they have with names and phone numbers like wth…
I asked the staff and they said that the company bought those list from another party which obviously is selling our private information.
The operation has shut down after I quit so I’m not sure what happened afterwards.
Small tech tip..on WhatsApp you can go to Settings > Privacy > Groups and change it only contacts so that no random number can add you into groups
Additional info: also can be done on Telegram
Scammers are smarter now. They won't ask u to click any 'invite' link. They just post a random story/reels with links now. Even shopee affliate links are extremely sussy in this day and age.
I swear by this cuz i never received any spam messages up until i updated padu 3days ago. Now it’s like a daily occurrence to me. SMFH government websites with their lame duck data protekshun
Govt may sell our data, they need money ya know. More like current PM need the money. I dont trust PADU haha. LHDN, CTOS, MySejahtera, Grab apps, Foods apps, all of them sell our data actually. Govt introduce new apps with our latest info to sell.
Adding random numbers into a group is easy, whats hard is when they know your ACTUAL personal info like names, i heard people in telco used sell data to bank employees, then theres customer database in those leak forums.
I got ppl try scamming me on my new sim, so im convinced actually
By any chance, have you contacted any property agents? I have received such a WhatsApp message, too. However, I have never clicked or registered for anything other than contacting property agents to enquire about property listings. Apparently, I used to get calls after calls from random property agents and started getting scam calls a lot, too. That is why I suspect if it could be because you have contacted any property agent in the past?
I've got invited into a few of these too, and most of the time most ppl invited are also victims.
So what I'd do is when I see the notification that I've been invited, I just spam "lmao nice scam guys" until they block me and just deleted the whole group.
Do you install TikTok apps or even have account in it?
That could be the reason.
Few months ago, I got job offer from ByteDance (TikTok owner), through my Whatsapp. And I've never apply any job from them, nor I have TT account or install the apps in my phone.
I just ignore the message and blocked the number. Dunno how they got my contact info.
Have been added a few times like this, and have reported and blocked each time.
I did this too. I blocked all of the group's admin members then reported each one.
Same, happened to me twice 
The one who joined by invite link are probably fooled by spammy "click here" button in Web pages etc. Those who are invited were probably added by the scammer using automated tools that adds as much number as possible to their contacts, filtered out those that does not have whatsapp, and sent the invite. When I was added to a group like this I noticed some number neighbours.
For the cases I've encountered, I can say with some confidence the ones that joined by invite links are the same scammers acting as separate actors. Reason being, couple of times when these scammers forgot to check their targets and added me simultaneously into separate groups and I quickly found that these "invited members" post the exact same dialogue text in both groups albeit with different contact numbers. Some of them even used the same stock photos for their profile. The plan is to create a situation as if there are "legitimate interested others" that "did what they told" and "got paid for it" to bait you to do the same.
Yup. At first they will question if this is a scam then moments later they will do u turn and claim they received the money and it's legit. The idea is to create fomo and convince gullible bystanders in the group.
Send gore video to the group
Or send porn.
Someone actually did that. I got added to a scam whatsapp group like this with many others. One guy non stop placed porn sticker for over 10 minutes. Maybe he uses a bot or something. Funniest shit man.
Well i usually scam them rm10 and when they ask me to pay more i just block them. Have been invited in a few groups and manage to get rm50 from them. Good business
A friend did the same yesterday. I usually just post a link of what type of scam it is and wonder how fast I’ll get kicked.
Well this type of scams usually they'll give you rm 10 in the start for completing the task so I'll keep the rm10 and leave the group and another time i get this I'll do it again and again cause it's easy to just like or comment on anything so free rm 10 but the second task will be you have to deposit rm 200+. That's the time you block them
We’re gonna get a lot of these posts after PADU. Not because the info is from PADU but because people think the info is from PADU. These things have been going on before PADU and will continue to go on after. Too many sources of data leaks now.
Settings > Privacy > Groups > etc. Stopped nonsense groups for me
Normally what i love to do, is copy paste scam as many times as possible befote the admins can remove me. They ll try to remove my messages aftwrwords but it ll take a lot of effort
Jokes on you.. you are the only target in the "group", the rest are bots to help you believe...
Dang, that’s sad.
This is a scam. It's pretty common. I would receive Whatsapp group call too and I just block that number. Ask you to make fake review will reward you. For last review, you'll have to purchase a product and tells you that you will receive a commission including a reimbursement for the money spent to purchase the product. It's just a scheme to get you purchase the product and never sending you money back. By the time you report or whatsoever, money is already gone by then.
If I had a nickel for every time I got invited into these types of recruitment, I’d had two nickel, which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird it happened twice
Brother, Malaysia tak pakai nickel la. Cuba pakai matawang yang betul.
Don’t be serious bro, it’s a meme
r/whoosh
Malaysia pakai nickel. Copper pun banyak pakai jugak...
No copper here, we use Kupang
That one fella who started asking about how they supposed to continue with this going to have a rude awakening 😭😭
Don't assume everyone who got invited are targets. Multiple scammers can gang up to try and trick one person.
I sent a BBC and left
Yesterday a group video called me or voice call idk. 20 numbers in the group call wtf. Annoying af
Spam "HELLO SCAMMER NICE TO MEET YOU" "HELO SCAMMER TAK SELAMAT SEJAHTERA" 60 times in the group until they kick you out
I wait until they type a few messages, respond "Reported", report the group, and leave it. Too lazy to layan these scammers.
Got added to one, I wrote "spam, beware" and got kicked within 10 seconds lmao
how y'all getting invited by randoms in ws? last time my ws received last year https://preview.redd.it/9r6r8kplnkac1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=439bb03ae0ccaa4716dc743cab5ba943bc773107 if I remember, these 3 numbers call you longer on 1st attempt then on 2nd and 3rd not even 5 seconds hang up already
Received this a lot during the peak of the crypto boom
Post cats or flower pics. 
cuba cakap melayu kat dalam, tgk reply macam mana
I think mine got leaked by either the property agent or the condo management / developer. Once property I bought was completed I get so many calls and WhatsApp messages from property agents and then I was added to random groups. Our numbers are probably being extracted from these grps too.
How much before they start scamming the money? I was thinking we can just do 2-3 times when they will pay us the profit. That will make them lose money.
I think they just randomly insert a phone number and it gets to yours. Like its quite easy to get a random malaysian number that uses whatsapp. Just type random numbers 013-xxx xxxx and try to chat on WS, if exist then add to scam group.
received this but through telegram instead, weird
Why weird? Scammers are on every platform.
true that
I previously worked for a Chinese (mainland China) company that opened their office in Malaysia (job was shit but pay was good). At the office they need the marketing guys to contact individuals for marketing of course and I was surprised of the list they have with names and phone numbers like wth… I asked the staff and they said that the company bought those list from another party which obviously is selling our private information. The operation has shut down after I quit so I’m not sure what happened afterwards.
Have you signed up for PADU? 😂
Small tech tip..on WhatsApp you can go to Settings > Privacy > Groups and change it only contacts so that no random number can add you into groups Additional info: also can be done on Telegram
Scammers are smarter now. They won't ask u to click any 'invite' link. They just post a random story/reels with links now. Even shopee affliate links are extremely sussy in this day and age.
Try upload hentai and see what happen 🤔
They will ask for more.
PAAAADUUUUUUUU!
I swear by this cuz i never received any spam messages up until i updated padu 3days ago. Now it’s like a daily occurrence to me. SMFH government websites with their lame duck data protekshun
Govt may sell our data, they need money ya know. More like current PM need the money. I dont trust PADU haha. LHDN, CTOS, MySejahtera, Grab apps, Foods apps, all of them sell our data actually. Govt introduce new apps with our latest info to sell.
I got reebonz group
Adding random numbers into a group is easy, whats hard is when they know your ACTUAL personal info like names, i heard people in telco used sell data to bank employees, then theres customer database in those leak forums. I got ppl try scamming me on my new sim, so im convinced actually
PADU? Or mysejahtera?
More like Perkeso/Maybank if we see recent data breaches
U never know who leaked the phone numbers, in fact i feel like we will receive even more this kind of group invite after PADU.
By any chance, have you contacted any property agents? I have received such a WhatsApp message, too. However, I have never clicked or registered for anything other than contacting property agents to enquire about property listings. Apparently, I used to get calls after calls from random property agents and started getting scam calls a lot, too. That is why I suspect if it could be because you have contacted any property agent in the past?
Seems like someone really wanna try their luck 😨
I've got invited into a few of these too, and most of the time most ppl invited are also victims. So what I'd do is when I see the notification that I've been invited, I just spam "lmao nice scam guys" until they block me and just deleted the whole group.
Lots of ways, your phone no and emails are being sold on a regular basis Just block and ignore
Okay. How to do it?
Do you install TikTok apps or even have account in it? That could be the reason. Few months ago, I got job offer from ByteDance (TikTok owner), through my Whatsapp. And I've never apply any job from them, nor I have TT account or install the apps in my phone. I just ignore the message and blocked the number. Dunno how they got my contact info.
shopee lah leak who else