Warning over ‘add me to WhatsApp scam’ after rise in complaints

Millions of people are said to have received the scam calls (Picture: AP)

Have you had a robocall asking you to add a number on WhatsApp? Or offering part-time work?

You aren’t alone – the Information Commissioner’s Office is tackling the issue after receiving more than 3,600 complaints in September alone.

But the number of complaints is just the tip of the iceberg – the ICO suspects that millions of people are receiving these worrying scam calls.

Brits have been urged to ignore calls from any unknown numbers and to block and report these robocalls offering work.

Andy Curry, the ICO’s head of criminal investigations, told t...