My grandmother got phished and sent a 6 digit verification code to transfer her account to someone else's device. Since then they've repeatedly spammed code requests, preventing us from making requests of our own. Now it just says "guessed code too many times" w/o any timer or indication of when we can make a legitimate attempt to switch the account back to the original phone.
I've contacted WhatsApp support via the app, and I received an Ai generated message saying "I can't directly assist with returning your WhatsApp account to the original phone number or allowing you to make a new SMS verification request. I recommend trying to re-register your account again after some time has passed, as the error message may resolve itself.".
Is there any actual hope for recovering the account or is this a waste of time?