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  • mac12mac12 Posts: 209
    Anyone else getting text messages saying you qualify for £400 heating allowance but need to log into the link provided 
  • Zoe P2Zoe P2 Posts: 848
    Not yet, mac12 !



    I have a dream that my.. children.. one day.. will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character

      Martin Luther King

  • Helen P3Helen P3 Posts: 1,152
    edited October 2022
    But you know they're coming, Zoe!
  • Arthur1Arthur1 Posts: 542
    Had a message telling me that I had been in contact with someone with covid and gave me a link to go to. Looked very official, as though from the NHS.
  • NoSlugsPleaseNoSlugsPlease Posts: 120
    mac12 said:
    Anyone else getting text messages saying you qualify for £400 heating allowance but need to log into the link provided 
    Our elderly neighbour just received one of those today. Fortunately, he's not comfortable with doing any online transactions (other than buying stuff on Amazon) so came over to ask us for help.

  • LoxleyLoxley Posts: 5,698
    The internet seems to be a complete and utter free for all in terms of scams. And then there's the false advertising you see all over the place, miracle cures for belly fat and the like, can this stuff really not be regulated somehow? Or have the powers that be just decided not to?
    "What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbour". 
  • ChezNousChezNous Posts: 40
    My colleague got called by his bank's security insisting there was a fraudulent attempt to access his account and as a result he needed to move his entire balance to another account. With a new sort code and account number.  :D when he declined, he was passed to the 'manager' to persuade him rather too forcibly.
    Late to gardening .... @cheznousgarden
  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494
    @mac12, yes, I've just received a text message telling me I'm due £400 and to click on
    the link.

    Needless to say, I didn't and have blocked the number but how many older people especially will fall for it? 



    North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone
  • mac12mac12 Posts: 209
    Lizzie27  I've had 5 messages from different numbers same message but different link, same as you I haven't opened them 
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I've had a couple of those. Deleted.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
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