With WhatsApp scammers on the rise, most of us will usually ignore or block strange texts from random numbers.
But when broadcaster Maia Dunphy received a weird message from an unknown person claiming to be her son, she decided to have some fun with it. The Dubliner decided to turn the tables and trolled the scammer with increasingly unhinged messages that have left us in absolute stitches.
It all started when the well-known Irish TV producer received a text saying: "Mum, I am texting you on my new phone because my old phone is broken. Could you send me a message on WhatsApp so I can text you from my new phone?"