In short
Social-media posts recruit people to rent or provide access to their WhatsApp Web accounts The objective is typically to allow the account to be used in fraud/crime and expose the owner and contacts to harm.
What it is
The arrangement is presented as an easy way to earn money from account access. The victim is then pushed to link or hand over WhatsApp Web access to another party.
How it starts
Social-media posts recruit people to rent or provide access to their WhatsApp Web accounts.
What they tell you
The arrangement is presented as an easy way to earn money from account access
What they want you to do
Link or hand over WhatsApp Web access to another party
How you lose money
allow the account to be used in fraud/crime and expose the owner and contacts to harm
What happens next
After the first successful step, the fraudster may demand more money/information, deepen account or device access, or disappear.
Warning signs
greed | opportunity | trust | WhatsApp Web session access | account rental
Where this is documented
India — officially documented by an Indian authority/regulator
How to avoid it
Use MFA, unique passwords and official recovery paths; never share OTPs or pair/login devices for someone else; review active sessions regularly.
If it already happened
Contact the bank/payment provider immediately if money moved; report financial cyber fraud promptly via 1930 and cybercrime.gov.in; preserve messages, transaction IDs, phone numbers and URLs. From a clean device, revoke sessions, change credentials and review account recovery/security settings.