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Bloke avoids falling victim to WhatsApp scam and saves £900 by posing clever question

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conned out of £900 by a clever WhatsApp scammer until a single question caught him out.Michael Griffiths had initially been tricked into thinking he was having a conversation on the instant messaging app with his stepdaughter Sophie, before he asked the scammer to tell him his stepdaughter's middle name.

The fraudster began the scam by telling Michael they lost their phone and were "using an old number for now."Michael responded to the message and said: "Hope you find it Soph, number saved" and the chat quickly came onto money as the topic of conversation.The scammer said: "Are you busy right now?"Because I want to ask a favour, I'm trying to get my banking app on this old phone but it doesn't work and stressing a bit because I have a bill to pay."Michael replies: "Anything Soph.

Give me the details Soph."The WhatsApp messages also show Michael asks whether his stepdaughter's mum should ring her phone to help locate it.However, the scammer shoots down the message because "the battery is dead" and "the phone is really old, can't ring with it."Michael then explains to the fraudster that he can only transfer £400 at a time due to a limit set by his bank.The scammer replies "haha thanks for helping anyway.

Can you text me when it is sorted?"After more messages back and forth, Michael tells the fraudster that the family don't have £989 in the bank and to call them.The scammer then said: "How much can you transfer at the moment."It has to be paid within 30 minutes.

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