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WhatsApp Message Won’t Hack Your Phone

Suzy WoltmannSuzy Woltmann
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18th July 2020
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10:59 pm
29th March 2021
WhatsApp Message Won’t Hack Your Phone
The hoax about the message has gone viral (Getty Images).

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In mid-July 2020, a message began circulating on social media that a video called “Argentina is doing it” will “hack your phone in 10 secs."

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