WhatsApp is a messenger platform that people use to talk to close friends and family, and people naturally take their children on face value .Victims of a WhatsApp scam have been left thousands of pounds poorer after being tricked into handing over cash. Investigators are trying to figure out if the fraudsters research their victims or whether they are using a confidence trick. People are being advised people getting requests for cash to consider whether they are genuine, taking time to think about what they are being asked and calling people back on a different number to check it is actually them. What do you know that this is a genuine request ?

