Widespread Text Message Scam Warning

Pollycat

Miop said:

 Remember, this is not a matter of being silly, or being persuaded to sign something you didn't want to, but is done *ENTIRELY WITHOUT YOUR KNOWLEDGE*. 

Or maybe it is...

km1500

what happens if the link (for example) says

www.coventrybuildningsociety.co.uk

?

soolin

km1500 said:

what happens if the link (for example) says

www.coventrybuildningsociety.co.uk

?

It would be a scam and the page it goes to would show an odd web address. 

Silvertabby

km1500 said:

what happens if the link (for example) says

www.coventrybuildningsociety.co.uk

?

100% confirmation that it's a scam.  

davidapthomas

I signed into what I thought was Trainline on my phone & signed up to this by mistake. There was no sign that it was any differnt from Trainline in both typeface & design. They've now got my phone number& email (& £1.50 of my money!) Totally crooked outfit, parasitical & dishonest.

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molerat said:

soolin said:

Peter999_2 said:

Soolin is completely correct, like she says, look at where it is sending you.

It's so easy to create a QRcode, takes seconds.

I’m not techie at all but when I point my camera at that it tells me it is a link to ‘iamgoingtoscamyou.co.Uk . It does not automatically direct me anywhere.

I tried a local menu as it was all I could find lying around, and again it has said the name of the takeaway and to access the site I have to click on the site name that comes up when I scan the QR code. 

Yep, I have to press the link to go there.  And if I press the 3 dots beside the address it comes up with the full address including /youwilllosealotofyourmoney.

You really have to make an effort to go to the scam site unless of course you go round blindly pressing anything that pops up.

I think that's exactly what happens - a lot of the time.

I spend time with a lot of older people, who have devices but really don't know what they're doing on it, and they do indeed press what they think is right - sadly, it often isn't, and that exactly how the OP's scenario can happen and how 'scam's' happen.