"Asked me to add their number to WhatsApp"
WhatsApp calls
451 community reports tagged WhatsApp across 443 numbers.
Recent activity
Reports tagged WhatsApp are steady: 37 reports in the last 7 days, in line with a usual 36.1 reports a week.
When people report it
Tuesday is the busiest day for these reports, and 54% are filed in the afternoon (12pm to 6pm). Times are when the report was submitted, which is usually soon after the call.
Verdict
89% of reporters rated these calls spam or suspicious. The most common call type is Identity Theft ("New Number" / WhatsApp Scam).
Numbers used
Reports tagged WhatsApp cover 443 different numbers. 254 of them were first reported in the last 30 days, so a number you have not seen before can still be part of the same pattern.
Reports over time
Reports per day over the last 30 days. Reports per week over the last 12 weeks. Red weeks had at least double the usual volume. Reports per month over the last year.
How people rate these calls
- Spam 190 · 42%
- Suspicious 213 · 47%
- Unknown 48 · 11%
- Safe 0 · 0%
Most common call type: Identity Theft ("New Number" / WhatsApp Scam)
Busiest days
All reports by the day they were submitted.
Time of day
When reports are submitted, UK time.
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Night 12am to 6am 6
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Morning 6am to 12pm 161
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Afternoon 12pm to 6pm 243
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Evening 6pm to 12am 41
Latest reports
"Asked to be added to WhatsApp"
"Claimed to be from Indeed calling about a job offer, and asked me to add their number on WhatsApp. Didn't give me their name or even a chance to speak before hanging up"
"Ask to be added to WhatsApp"
"Short auto message. Claiming to be from Indeed and wanted me to add them as a contact on whatsapp"
"I received this message on my mobile phone from: +44 7591 885900 '' Mum I am really stressed out please Whats app me on http://wa.me/++447563601211 ''"
"Claimed to be from Sky Switched to whats app not there any more"
"asked me to add them to whatsapp and hung up, tried to text but couldn't be delivered."
"Claimed to be from my bank Stated that they stopped a bank payment, Asked to run a virus check o my phone by asking to download Whatsapp and also asked run a check using my card details"
"Automated/robocall scam call offering job if you add the number on WhatsApp"
"on whatsapp impersonating a member of celtic thunder and trying to get money via a romance scam"
"Felt pressured to act left message to add number to WhatsApp"
"No details, just asked to be added on Whatsapp"
"Something didn't feel right. Hung up. Called back. Hung up again. WhatsApp has some disgusting arab image pfp"
""New number" WhatsApp scam, Was from amazon asking if i have placed an order for a iphone, then they starting called me a nig##r"
"Claimed to be from my bank, debit card fraud dept. Wanted ‘sharing’ on WhatsApp and asked me to log onto the bank app. Felt suspicious so ended call and rang directly. Either scammy or simply genuine but not convincing enough"
"Called and hung up before answered Left a voicemail asking to add the number on WhatsApp .. unsure"
"Left voicemail asking me to add them on WhatsApp"
"Something didn't feel right - automated female(?) voice claiming to be from HR (did not say company) asking me to add them on whats app as they wanted to talk to me about a job - I have not added"
"scam, wanted me to save the number on Whatsapp"
"Automated/robocall voice claimed to be from indeed calling about a job (I don't even have an account on there) and said to add the number on whatsapp"
"Said that they had a job for me and to message them on WhatsApp and hung up. Sounded like an automated voice mail. I haven’t applied for any jobs"
"recieved via whats app"
"called my TPS registered mobile saying they were interested in discussing a job application and asked to be added to WhatsApp"