A mum has told how she was conned out of nearly £10,000 about falling victim to a sophisticated WhatsApp scam. The 'mother and father' scam saw fraudsters impersonating her son and asking for money.
The scammer sent Angela Briscoe messages pretending to be her son, who was travelling in Mexico at the time. The fraudster asked for help to make payments that he had "forgotten" to do.
Believing that it was her son abroad in need of help, Mrs Briscoe made four separate payments, wiping out her life savings, reports BirminghamLive.
