A warning has been issued to WhatsApp users about a highly intelligent scam that sees criminals steal access to phones.
Fraudsters posing as your friend or someone that’s a member of a WhatsApp group you’re in, will then send you seemingly normal messages to try and start a conversation with you. Around the same time, you will receive a text message from WhatsApp with a six-digit code.
This is because the criminal has been trying to login to WhatsApp using your mobile number. The criminal will claim that they sent you their code by accident and ask you to help them by sending it to them.
