728 community reports tagged WhatsApp across 713 numbers.
Reports tagged WhatsApp have eased off: 14 reports in the last 7 days, down from a usual 40.1 reports a week.
Tuesday is the busiest day for these reports, and 52% are filed in the afternoon (12pm to 6pm). Times are when the report was submitted, which is usually soon after the call.
91% of reporters rated these calls spam or suspicious. The most common call type is Identity Theft ("New Number" / WhatsApp Scam).
Reports tagged WhatsApp cover 713 different numbers. 97 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 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.
Most common call type: Identity Theft ("New Number" / WhatsApp Scam)
All reports by the day they were submitted.
When reports are submitted, UK time.
"Asked to 'add me to WhatsApp' ...nope!"
"short VM asked to add them to whatsapp. I am blocking it. Felt like a scam"
"Fake online store, once payment received blocked from facebook site and whatsapp"
"Got a WhatsApp message from this number +44 7474 731617 just saying hello and I sed who are you and noting back"
"Asked me to add them to Whatsapp Number not recognised"
"Automated/robocall , say they had a job opportunity at me to your WhatsApp."
"Automated/robocall ased to be added on Whats App"
"Automated recorded message offering part-time job opportunity if you add them on whatsapp."
"Asked to add them to WhatsApp unsolicited phone call robot"
"No real person on the line, says hello and that she can’t see you and asks to add her on WhatsApp."
"Automated call on a Sunday morning. It said hello I have a part-time job opportunity available please add me on WhatsApp. It’s clearly a scam."
"contacted me on whatsapp regarding a booking for a hotel in japan, from a uk number, as impersonating an existing german business name (Toduu UG - haftungsbeschränkt) and asking to click a link to domain nothing to do with the hotel "[REDACTED]" which has actually already been taken down."
"Wanted number added to whats app for "job opportunity""
"Asked to join What's App - which I don't use."
"They claimed to be from a company , offering me a part time job, suggesting I add them to my WhatsApp account. Then she hung up on me."
"Felt like a scam, also saved number and put it into WhatsApp to view profile picture and it’s a random Asian (Chinese looking) lady in a foreign country. Definitely spam"
"Won't stop calling - it’s a number that keeps asking me to add them to WhatsApp - I called back to check and now the phone is switched off."
"Dangerous caller asking to add number to what’s app. "New number" WhatsApp scam"
"Won't stop calling. Keeps asking me to add their number to my WhatsApp."
"Won't stop calling . Keeps requesting me to add their number to my WhatsApp."
"Automated/robocall Recorded voice saying they have a job offer and wanted me to add them on WhatsApp."
"They wanted me to connect to them on Whatsapp"
"Random call asking for whatsapp"
"Random call asking for whatsapp"
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