Why did i receive a Whatsapp registration code notification?

yousef45

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Hi,
When I was trying to open Whatsapp the other day, a message appeared saying "Whatsapp Registration Code Requested". It said that Whatsapp registration code was requested for my phone number when obviously I wasn't the one who requested it. When I pressed OK it was working again as usual.
Does anybody know why such a notification might appear? Is it a sign of some kind of scam someone was trying to pull? Has anyone experienced this before?

Thanks
 
If it's on wotsapp I wouldn't be at all surprised if it turned out to be a scam. Similarly with facebook, x, instgram, tiktok, anyway you get the picture.
 
Didn't You really notice, that it all happened and this post was made and the question was asked on Jul 27, 2021 and today is January 18, 2025, so isn't it a bit too late to respond now, about 4 and a half years later?
Moreover, based on this data, it is not even possible to guess which Registration Code we are talking about at all.
 
I had something similar happen with my WhatsApp last year. I got a message saying a registration code was requested for my number, but I hadn’t initiated it either. It turned out that it was just a routine security check by WhatsApp, possibly triggered by a login attempt from a different device or location. It wasn’t a scam in my case, but I was a bit paranoid too!

I did some research and found out that if you're using a non VOIP number (like the ones from Tardigrada), it's less likely to trigger these security messages. After I confirmed everything was secure and changed my password, I didn't have any issues after that.
 
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