Hello

Long time lurker, first time poster etc etc…

Interested what you guys make of these WhatsApp messages I just received…

…I have no such booking…

Obviously this sort of scam/phishing nonsense is nothing new to me, but a few things stood out…

• They have my full name and phone number 😕
• I do use booking.com (but I suppose many do so they could assume…)
• This WhatsApp message has been marked as “using a secure service from Meta”… So this isn’t just a random phone (I have anonymous messages blocked) they have some sort of privilege on the platform… WTF
• They even have some special reply buttons at the end of the message.
• I just don’t get it… Like, what are the odds they guess the dates and hotel accurately that I would bite…? And having gone to this length, why then fall at the last hurdle by having a weird sender name like “Rus Education”…?