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Old Aug 29, 2024 | 12:18 am
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Originally Posted by botham
Yesterday, I contacted BA on X and was sent a request for my details. I stupidly sent them my phone number and email and they kept trying to contact me on WhatsApp, but I got frustrated with a call breaking up and so I cancelled and blocked the number. When I contacted the silver number this morning, they told me that customer relations don’t use WhatsApp, so this is a warning to everyone. I am clearly getting too old for social media and I hope that having blocked them, it is the end of the matter .
It is good that you bailed out before it cost you anything. This exact sort of scam has been reported before in other threads. Cynics like me would say you are asking for trouble when you use X or other social media.
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