A mum has told how she got her own back on a WhastApp scammer who tried to rip her off by posing as her own children.
June Morton, from Leeds, received two messages from the scammer who pretended to be her eldest child.
The imposter claimed that they had broken their phone and got a new number and asked her to replace it in her phone.
But the savvy mum immediately realised the texts were part of a scam that has been circulating on Whatsapp for more than a year.
The message read: "Hi mum, it’s me. This is my new number, my phone just broke. So you can delete that number and save this one?”
They then claimed that a repair shop had given them a temporary phone to use.
June told Yorkshire Live how she wondered "do you think I'm daft?" and decided to get her own back by playing along with the scammer.
She replied: "Hiya darling, remind me again who you are xx"
Unaware that they had been detected, the scammer wrote: "Your oldest and cutest child xx."
June then took her prank to the next level claiming she had quadruplets and repeated her question again.
"I've got four oldest and cutest children, which one are you? X" she wrote.
When the scammers did not immediately respond, the mum told them she was worried and asked them to hurry up.
She still had no reply almost an hour later when she sent another message "hellooooo" and asked the scammer "are you there sweetheart?"
When the scammers realised they had been busted, June followed up with a picture of quadruplets and asked which one of the toddlers had broken their phone.
"Please, tell me which 1 of you are in trouble?????" she insisted and was then blocked by the scammer.
June's pals rolled with laughter when they heard about the exchanges and thought the picture of four babies was the crowning moment.
"My friends absolutely howled laughing especially at the Google pic of the four babies," June said.
Police have issued warnings in the past about the "hi mum it's me" scam that has risen in popularity in recent months.
A grandmother in London was conned out of more £6,500 after falling victim to the same scam, believing her daughter was on the other side of the phone and needed help.
The scam begins with a message from an unknown number claiming to be the person's son or daughter who has lost or broken their phone.
This message is later followed by another message supposedly from the child asking for payment for an urgent bill.
Victims have lost £48,356 in 25 scams reported between August and October last year alone, according to Action Fraud.
Fraudsters are also posing as cops and romantic partners to swindle people out of thousands of pounds.
