Scams like these

[MARTINE]

One bad thing, is that someone somewhere might have onsold details of your booking, could be the hotel management, ...
Or keylogger.
Just presupposing.
Maybe the aim of the message is for you to respond to that Whatsapp #.

Yes
I did not respond of course
I am thinking its a local issue - Portugal Brazil hotel workers

 

[moa999]

about a series of spam WhatsApp messages overnight. Requested verification via links of credit card details for a hotel booking I made for next year in Portugal.

Possibly the hotel booking system has been compromised by a hacker.
That said I have seen some Asian hotels doing similar, but a legitimate request.

Booking.com hackers increase attacks on customers

Researchers say cyber-criminals are offering big sums for hotels' log-in details to target holidaymakers.

www.bbc.com

 

[DejaBrew]

You

So your smartphone is quite a smart one with an instruction given to you: "Report Spam", or Scam

Standard iPhone functionality. I seem to be getting these messages almost daily at present from differing numbers. It’s like playing whack-a-mole in reporting them.