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New unknown contact in WhatsApp

  • 18-12-2019 6:34pm
    #1
    Purple Mountain
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,439 ✭✭✭✭


    I see today that there is a new contact in my WhatsApp contacts called George. Underneath his name is the description Viber? And the emoji of a face with the man with the eye magnifying glass.
    I didn't add anyone called George and never saw this before.
    I don't know if I got any WhatsApp updates lately.
    Is it a virus?

    To thine own self be true



Comments

  • #2
    Purple Mountain
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,439 ✭✭✭✭Purple Mountain


    Bump

    To thine own self be true



  • #3
    defomcbigno
    Site Banned Posts: 11 ✭defomcbigno


    Have you had any more issues?


  • #4
    Purple Mountain
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,439 ✭✭✭✭Purple Mountain


    No

    To thine own self be true



  • #5
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    Maybe a friend put it there.
    It wouldn't have appeared without a person adding it into your phone.


  • #6
    dubrov
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,643 ✭✭✭dubrov


    You probably added it to your contacts ages ago and they only installed WhatsApp recently


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  • #7
    Pauliedragon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,171 ✭✭✭Pauliedragon


    Have you had any big sessions recently? I've often woken up with new no's with no clue who they are.


  • #8
    Purple Mountain
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,439 ✭✭✭✭Purple Mountain


    Pauliedragon wrote: »
    Have you had any big sessions recently? I've often woken up with new no's with no clue who they are.

    I don't do sessions :)

    To thine own self be true



  • #9
    Purple Mountain
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,439 ✭✭✭✭Purple Mountain


    It must be just some business number I added recently and like was said they joined WhatsApp recently.
    It just freaked me out because the profile picture is a stock one of a man with 2 guns.
    It looks very fake. Thought it might be a virus.

    To thine own self be true



  • #10
    NewMan1982
    Closed Accounts Posts: 568 ✭✭✭NewMan1982


    I heard once you attend the George pub regularly it automatically enters their number in your phone book.

    On a serious note, maybe it’s an old number of a friend and the number has now been assigned to someone else?


  • #11
    Purple Mountain
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,439 ✭✭✭✭Purple Mountain


    Do you think I should ring George??
    Maybe he could be the love of my life.
    Guns and all.

    To thine own self be true



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  • #12
    is_that_so
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,136 ✭✭✭✭is_that_so


    Purple Mountain wrote: »
    It must be just some business number I added recently and like was said they joined WhatsApp recently.
    It just freaked me out because the profile picture is a stock one of a man with 2 guns.
    It looks very fake. Thought it might be a virus.
    Yeah I have a few who are in my contacts but show up too in WhatsApp. Go look at your contacts.


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