Instead, a scammer has entered your phone number and requested a registration code – in an attempt to hijack your account. Of course, you haven’t requested a verification code. However, a fraudster might contact a WhatsApp user – perhaps pretending to be WhatsApp customer support – and ask them to forward the six-digit verification code that has just been- or is about to be – received on the mobile phone. WhatsApp sends an SMS verification code to the mobile phone number they have been given, to verify that the number is active and that the user trying to register the account really owns the number. Whenever someone tries to register a WhatsApp account on a mobile phone they give WhatsApp a phone number.
In a tweet posted by Southwark Police in South London, for instance, officers warn that scammers are stealing accounts by tricking WhatsApp users to share verification codes they are sent via SMS. Police in the UK are warning WhatsApp users of a surge they have seen in attempts made by fraudsters to steal accounts.
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