A screenshot of my Android notification centre, showing an unsolicited WhatsApp message from Amazon, advertising their Black Friday deals. I checked and it is very much legitimate.
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[–] 16 points 11 months ago

It's really just ads by said company, not whatsapp. But whatsapp is partially blamed because they have system to do this, and since some service that you subbed require your phone number, they simply used the data they collected to send you ads via whatsapp. It's like spam mail from service you give your email to.

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