Department cautions against latest social welfare text scam

A sample of the scam texts circulated to social welfare recipients provided by the Department of Social Protection.

A sample of the scam texts circulated to social welfare recipients provided by the Department of Social Protection.

A new scam by fraudsters to obtain an unsuspecting member of the public's personal information is circulating. 

People are being warned not to handover confidential information in scam text messages being sent to social welfare recipients.

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