The WhatsApp Code Scam That's Hijacking Indonesian Accounts by the Thousands — And Why It Almost Always Works
Indonesia's IASC received 432,637 fraud reports tied to WhatsApp between November 2024 and January 2026, with combined losses of Rp 9.1 trillion. Most of those started with a single six-digit code. Here is exactly how the takeover works, why your friends keep falling for it, and what actually stops it.
