Meta’s WhatsApp is rolling out new anti-fraud protections, headlined by a “Safety Overview” card that appears whenever a user is added to a group by someone outside their contacts. The notice lists the group’s creator, creation date and member count, and keeps notifications muted until the recipient chooses to stay or exit. The Facebook-owned service is also testing alerts in one-to-one chats that provide extra context before users engage with unknown numbers. Both tools are meant to thwart a surge in confidence scams that often begin with unsolicited messages promising quick profits from cryptocurrency or pyramid schemes. Announcing the features, WhatsApp said it disabled more than 6.8 million accounts tied to criminal scam centres during the first half of 2025, most of them operating out of Southeast Asia. In a recent joint operation, Meta and OpenAI dismantled a Cambodia-based network that used ChatGPT-generated messages to funnel targets from WhatsApp to Telegram before soliciting crypto payments. The new safeguards begin rolling out this week, starting in India, with broader availability to follow over the coming days.