The ad has since been taken down, and although it was pretty convincing the scam did have a couple of glaring oversights.
However these hackers see themselves, Google is onto them, having thankfully removed the ads. No one appears to have shut the fake WhatsApp site down yet, however, so stay vigilant if anyone invites you to WhatsApp via a dodgy looking link.
As ever, it pays to be vigilant of any link online; this isn't the first time that Google has been advertising a scam site at the top of its search results. Earlier in the year EVGA, ex-graphics card manufacturer and peripheral maker, was the subject of a similar scam, with a site pretending to be EVGA's popping into the top spot via a paid-for ad. Katie WickensScrew sports, Katie would rather watch Intel, AMD and Nvidia go at it.
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