Don't miss a thing by getting the latest from the Manchester Evening News sent direct to your inbox All WhatsApp users have been issued an urgent warning about using the instant messaging service.
People have received scam messages from hackers on the app for several years, but a new scam has now appeared, but worryingly, it appears to come from a friend in your contact list.
First, you will get a text from WhatsApp with a code and a link. You will then get a WhatsApp message from a friend who asks you for the code you received.
But it's not really your friend, it's a hacker, reports the ECHO. Writer, presenter and Times Radio show host, Alexis Conran, shared a warning with his 21,000 Twitter followers, as he said the scam 'continues to
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