Good intentions don’t always lead to good results, especially when it comes to dealing with scammers.

When one woman’s friend tried to “help” with a suspicious delivery call, she accidentally opened the door to a full-blown hack.

But when she confronted her about her carelessness, it only created a rift between them.

Keep reading for the full story.

AITAH for Telling My Friend Not to Touch My Phone After a Scam?

Last week, I got caught up in a WhatsApp scam after a fake “Blue Dart” courier agent claimed a delivery driver couldn’t find my address and insisted I call a number with weird codes to reach the driver.

Unfortunately for her, a friend managed to make matters even worse.

My friend, wanting to help, tried dialing it even after I said it wasn’t necessary. She ended up using my phone and calling the number with the weird code.

The results were pretty disastrous.

Turns out that the extra # and * was a call-forwarding code. This led to all my calls, including WhatsApp OTPs, being forwarded to the scammer.

Because of this, my WhatsApp was hacked, and the scum who hacked my WhatsApp sent out messages to my contacts asking for money.

I had to scramble to sort it out, recover my account, and contact people through backup apps to tell them not to transfer any money.

So she couldn’t help but get mad at her friend.

I got angry and told my friend not to touch my phone again. Now things are awkward.

AITA for snapping at her, even though she was trying to help?

Maybe she shouldn’t have snapped, but after all the harm her friend caused, one can hardly blame her.

What did Reddit make of all this?

If her friend is feeling awkward, that’s probably because she did something wrong.

Did her friend even consider the consequences of her actions?

If she doesn’t put some sense into her friend now, what could happen next?

This commenter has some potentially helpful advice for the future.

This friend could stand to benefit from thinking a bit more critically before sabotaging someone else’s property.

Her friend could have been way more help by just listening to her.

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