WhatsApp scam messages give away fake £100 vouchers for Sainsbury's and Topshop, steal people's data

WhatsApp users are receiving messages that look far too good to be true – and are just that. People are being hit by a sinister new hack that sees them offered free money and then actually leads them to have their data stolen. The messages arriving on people's phones look innocent, and appear to come from friends and family. They offer £100 of gift cards for shops like Sainsbury's or Topshop, and usually claim that the sender has already claimed their £100. But the messages are in fact a scam that could see people's phone's hijacked, their personal information stolen and their money being put at risk.