{"id":10423,"date":"2023-06-16T13:37:27","date_gmt":"2023-06-16T11:37:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/06\/16\/i-felt-stupid-and-embarrassed-victim-of-hi-mum-fraud-on-whatsapp-lost-1600\/"},"modified":"2023-06-16T13:37:27","modified_gmt":"2023-06-16T11:37:27","slug":"i-felt-stupid-and-embarrassed-victim-of-hi-mum-fraud-on-whatsapp-lost-1600","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/06\/16\/i-felt-stupid-and-embarrassed-victim-of-hi-mum-fraud-on-whatsapp-lost-1600\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I felt stupid and embarrassed\u2019: victim of \u2018Hi Mum\u2019 fraud on WhatsApp lost \u00a31,600"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Guardian investigation reveals the human stories behind the scams on Meta\u2019s social media platforms<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2023\/jun\/16\/victims-speak-out-over-fraud-on-instagram-facebook-and-whatsapp\">Victims speak out over \u2018tsunami\u2019 of fraud on Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2023\/jun\/16\/crypto-scam-advertised-on-facebook-cost-victim-her-life-savings\">Mental anguish\u2019: how a crypto scam advertised on Facebook cost victim her life savings<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2023\/jun\/16\/instagram-scam-i-spent-1200-on-clothes-for-my-son-that-never-arrived\">Instagram scam: \u2018I spent \u00a31,200 on clothes for my son that never arrived\u2019<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Meta has been urged to crack down on the WhatsApp \u201cHi Mum\u201d scam as figures show UK consumers have lost almost \u00a3500,000 to the impersonation fraud so far this year.<\/p>\n<p>The scam involves a con artist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2022\/feb\/06\/please-mum-whatsapp-fraudsters-pose-as-loved-ones-to-steal-money\">posing as a friend or relative of the victim<\/a>. They get in touch on WhatsApp or another messaging platform and gain the target\u2019s trust before asking for money.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2023\/jun\/16\/victim-of-hi-mum-on-whatsapp-lost-1600\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/0e7ac0c9fcf7fc94dda6785c51cac87930f3c02c\/1_0_4998_3000\/master\/4998.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=81434587bffad582cef289fd04b2f081\" title=\"\u2018I felt stupid and embarrassed\u2019: victim of \u2018Hi Mum\u2019 fraud on WhatsApp lost \u00a31,600\" \/>Guardian investigation reveals the human stories behind the scams on Meta\u2019s social media platforms<\/p>\n<p>Victims speak out over \u2018tsunami\u2019 of fraud on Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp<br \/>\nMental anguish\u2019: how a crypto scam advertised on Facebook cost victim her life savings<br \/>\nInstagram scam: \u2018I spent \u00a31,200 on clothes for my son that never arrived\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Meta has been urged to crack down on the WhatsApp \u201cHi Mum\u201d scam as figures show UK consumers have lost almost \u00a3500,000 to the impersonation fraud so far this year.<br \/>\nThe scam involves a con artist posing as a friend or relative of the victim. They get in touch on WhatsApp or another messaging platform and gain the target\u2019s trust before asking for money. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guardian investigation reveals the human stories behind the scams on Meta\u2019s social media platforms Victims speak out over \u2018tsunami\u2019 of fraud on Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp Mental anguish\u2019: how a crypto scam advertised on Facebook cost victim her life savings Instagram scam: \u2018I spent \u00a31,200 on clothes for my son that never arrived\u2019 Meta has &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/06\/16\/i-felt-stupid-and-embarrassed-victim-of-hi-mum-fraud-on-whatsapp-lost-1600\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\u2018I felt stupid and embarrassed\u2019: victim of \u2018Hi Mum\u2019 fraud on WhatsApp lost \u00a31,600<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":10424,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10423"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10423"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10423\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}