Hello
Long time lurker, first time poster etc etc…
Interested what you guys make of these WhatsApp messages I just received…
…I have no such booking…
Obviously this sort of scam/phishing nonsense is nothing new to me, but a few things stood out…
- They have my full name and phone number 😕
- I do use booking.com (but I suppose many do so they could assume…)
- This WhatsApp message has been marked as “using a secure service from Meta”… So this isn’t just a random phone (I have anonymous messages blocked) they have some sort of privilege on the platform… WTF
- They even have some special reply buttons at the end of the message.
- I just don’t get it… Like, what are the odds they guess the dates and hotel accurately that I would bite…? And having gone to this length, why then fall at the last hurdle by having a weird sender name like “Rus Education”…?
Curious if the account is a legitimate Rus Education account that got hacked. I’ve been seeing that a lot lately where random legitimate businesses are contacting people about totally unrelated subjects. Seems scammers are probably using hacked business accounts to allow them to send messages to anyone without restrictions.