Scamming goes hi-text as fraudsters ask for bank details via SMS message

CROOKS are resorting to mobile phone technology to trick consumers into divulging their bank details to a bogus automated hotline.

Scamming goes hi-text as fraudsters ask for bank details via SMS message

The thieves are sending text messages to consumers to alert them to security “problems” with their debit and credit card accounts.

The texts, purporting to come from big banks, also contain a phone number for a hotline, which consumers are urged to ring.

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