What should you do if you receive a text from the police saying you've been scammed? deandunham has all the answers 👇
If you received a text message purporting to be from the police this week saying you have fallen victim to the UK’s biggest ever 'bank spoofing' phone fraud you will no doubt have thought it was a scam.However, it may not have been, as bizarrely the police have indeed sent out text messages to 70,000 people notifying them of the fraud.A website called iSpoof was set up to provide fraudsters with technology to scam people out of money.
The website was shut down by police but it is estimated that in excess of 200,000 people in the UK were scammed out of at least £50 million.What should I do if I receive the police text? The police have gone out and openly advertised they will be sending text messages to potential victims. This has therefore given fraudsters a golden opportunity to send out their own text messages pretending to be from the police!Based on the above, my advice is if you receive one of these texts assume it’s a scam in the first instance. The ‘genuine’ message will tell you to go the met police website but will not include a link for you to click.
If the message you receive is a scam it is likely to direct you to call a phone number or click on a link within the message – don’t take either step.
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