Police in Bristol are warning parents to be wary of what they say is an 'increasingly common' scam involving fraudsters who pretend to be their child in trouble.
The sick scam begins with people getting a message that either begins 'Hi Mum' or 'Hi Dad', and says they are messaging from a different, unknown phone because they have lost or damaged theirs. Police chiefs said they have seen a 'huge rise' in reports of the scam, and said one victim had lost £10,000 to the con.
Police said the fraudsters were using WhatsApp to start a conversation with their mark - and pretending to be their child.
