“Scammers may pose as family and friends to gain instant trust. “The scam known as the ‘mum and dad’ scam usually involves a scammer messaging a parent on WhatsApp claiming to be their child and asking for money or to pay a bill."
The police in Sydney posted the following warning on Facebook: In Australia too there have been multiple reports of this fraud, leading to loss of money. "If I'd read about it or seen it in an article I might have thought twice." Margaret said it was important people were made aware of the scam: "This one is so cleverly done," she said. It was upsetting, I was crying afterwards and thinking how could I have been so stupid? If I'd had enough money in my account, I would've just paid it over online banking." "I was very lucky because it was £900," said Margaret. Her other daughter told her she was being scammed. When the scammer changed the amount needed and asked again, Margaret complained to her second daughter. Luckily for Margaret the credit payment didn't go through due to the in-built checks from her bank, despite Margaret ringing the bank up and reassuring them the payment was for her daughter. "They asked for £900 but I only had £700 in my bank account so I replied and said do you want me to go to the building society and put more in or could I do it by credit card. "Because she had just had a baby and had been on maternity leave, I assumed she was paying nursery fees," Margaret said. So when the person who she assumed was her daughter said she had a standing order of £900 that needed paying, Margaret immediately tried to help. She received a seemingly natural message saying "Hi mum, it's your favourite daughter".
Luckily for another woman in Wales, the bank payment she made to her 'daughter' didn't go through. Patricia said she felt "violated" after realising she was the victim of a scam. “He texted saying: ‘Hi Mum, my phone has fallen, it’s completely broken, I’ve had to get a new one, can you save this new number’ then some kisses.” “It was so clever, so so clever,” she told the newspaper. An Irish newspaper reported that in February 2022, Patricia Land from Wales lost €2,600 to one of these scams.
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