Saturday 22 October 2022

Impersonation scam on WhatsApp doing its round

Whatsapp scam

One of our local borough residents received the above (screenshot of a) fake phishing scam purporting to be from WhatsApp on his mobile. He reported it but alerted us to warn others.

Suspicious text messages should be forwarded to the number 7726 which is free of charge. Reported and sent above to this number.

Needless to say do no click on links that turn out of the blue. Take time to research and check out this blog for advice and further information on similar scams.

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