WhatsApp launches scam messages awareness campaign

More than half (59%) of people have received a message-based scam in the last year or know someone who has.
WhatsApp launches scam messages awareness campaign
A text or WhatsApp message from a ā€˜friend in needā€™ asking for money or personal information could be a scammer, a new awareness campaign is warning (Nick Ansell/PA)
Fri, 12 Nov, 2021 - 10:07
Vicky Shaw, PA Personal Finance Correspondent

A text or WhatsApp message from a ā€œfriend in needā€ asking for money or personal information could be a scammer, a new awareness campaign has warned.

More than half (59%) of people in the UK have received a message-based scam in the last year or know someone who has, according to a new awareness drive launched by WhatsApp in partnership with National Trading Standards.

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