u/Th3Human

Hello!

Yesterday, I received an unexpected WhatsApp message: "XXXXXX this is your Facebook confirmation code."

The message was sent from an official Facebook profile, but its telephone number was registered in the UK.

I was stupid enough to click "I didn't ask for code," so the code was sent as a quotation in the reply message... maybe that was the point of this potential fraud?

I checked my Facebook and WhatsApp accounts (both have 2FA) — I didn't find anything suspicious.

The strange part is that when I wanted to log in to my FB account, I received the 2FA code from the same profile on WhatsApp, as well as security info. So it seems that, in fact, this British profile is official? Therefore, replying to them should be dangerous, right? Maybe someone just used my phone number by mistake? What do you think?

What else can I do to secure my profiles, number, and data?

Thanks for your support!

Best wishes!

Hello!

Yesterday, I received an unexpected WhatsApp message: "XXXXXX this is your Facebook confirmation code."

The message was sent from an official Facebook profile, but its telephone number was registered in the UK.

I was stupid enough to click "I didn't ask for code," so the code was sent as a quotation in the reply message... maybe that was the point of this potential fraud?

I checked my Facebook and WhatsApp accounts (both have 2FA) — I didn't find anything suspicious.

The strange part is that when I wanted to log in to my FB account, I received the 2FA code from the same profile on WhatsApp, as well as security info. So it seems that, in fact, this British profile is official? Therefore, replying to them should be dangerous, right? Maybe someone just used my phone number by mistake? What do you think?

What else can I do to secure my profiles, number, and data?

Thanks for your support!

Best wishes!