A 68-year-old woman transferred around 1,800 euros to a third-party account after her supposed son had asked her to do so via WhatsApp in the past few days. As is usual with this scam, the “son” had contacted the 68-year-old via a new cell phone number. Because of the new number, he had problems with his online banking and therefore asked for a transfer. The 68-year-old then carried this out.
However, when she received another request from the supposed son via WhatsApp shortly afterwards and he asked for another transfer, the woman became suspicious. She contacted her real son herself, which exposed the fraud.
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