I was woken up at 5am this morning to dozens of calls and texts from a number from Nigeria on my WhatsApp. They sent very threatening messages, talking about how my wife and daughter will pay, and if I block them it’ll be a huge mistake. They also sent pictures — I am not sure exactly what they are, I did not click/download them.
I blocked them and tried to fall back asleep. About 20 minutes later I was woken up again to more calls and texts from a second number, still from Nigeria, obviously from the same person.
I am a female in my early 20s, and I knew this was not real, especially because their threats were obviously geared toward an older man with a daughter (my profile photo is me as a child).
The first two photos below are from the first number, and the second two are from the second number. Both numbers also have 24-hour disappearing messages turned on, and are registered as businesses. I have no idea how they got my number.
Mostly putting this out there as a warning… it definitely spooked me a bit. I know it’s a scam, but I’ve never received threatening messages like this from scammers. If this happens to you: DO NOT ANSWER — they will try to steal your information as soon as you do, and DO NOT DOWNLOAD the photos! Change your setting in WhatsApp to not allow photos to automatically save to your phone. Also, turn on protection in privacy to block unknown contacts that attempt to call you multiple times!