A man from Australia had been receiving messages on WhatsApp from someone posing as his son but discovered it was a scam because the messages contained grammar errors.
‘My son is an English teacher so the lack of grammar and full-stops alerted me,’ Mr Baxter told theHe then says that he went on to check the authenticity of the scam with his bank, Australia’s ANZ.
‘I thought it was an opportunity for the bank to close or freeze the account and even investigate the funds it has received.’ ‘It all raises the issue of what responsibility a bank facilitating fraud has in a situation like this.,’ Mr Baxter wrote on Twitter. ‘WhatsApp protects our users’ personal messages with end-to-end encryption, but we want to remind people that we all have a role to play in keeping our accounts safe by remaining vigilant to the threat of scammers,’ said Policy Manager Kathryn Harnett.
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