by Lord Crustington
The following scam comment was made to several separate posts in the Copenhagen Half Marathon Strava group:
hello, if you’re still interested, my sister is looking to transfer hers because we can’t travel for the race anymore, here is her whats@pp, you can text her and she’ll transfer to you! +44 7.5.6.3.9.4.8.7.6.6
*Note the attempt to disguise the phone number format, and the mis-spelling of WhatsApp thus to bypass Strava's scam detection!
Users posting this message:
Christy McCord (id 1192281629)
This attempted scam is one of many that regularly appear on the running social media site Strava. It is looking for people who would like to take part in an event, to make contact with a view to paying for the race entry (or 'bib') to be transferred to them. The scammer gets payment, then shuts down all contact with the victim.
hello, if you’re still interested, my sister is looking to transfer hers because we can’t travel for the race anymore, here is her whats@pp, you can text her and she’ll transfer to you! +44 7.5.6.3.9.4.8.7.6.6
*Note the attempt to disguise the phone number format, and the mis-spelling of WhatsApp thus to bypass Strava's scam detection!
Users posting this message:
Christy McCord (id 1192281629)
This attempted scam is one of many that regularly appear on the running social media site Strava. It is looking for people who would like to take part in an event, to make contact with a view to paying for the race entry (or 'bib') to be transferred to them. The scammer gets payment, then shuts down all contact with the victim.
