Examples of fraud and scam messages

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Most phone providers are part of a scheme that allows customers to report suspicious text messages for free by forwarding it to 7726. If you forward a text to 7726, your provider can investigate the origin of the text and arrange to block or ban the sender, if it's found to be malicious.

Clicking on a link from a spam text could take you to a fake website explicitly set up to steal your money or personal information.

In some cases, the website could infect your phone with malware, which may spy on you and slow down your phone's performance by taking up space on your phone's memory.

Txt/SMS phishing—also called “smishing”—occurs when scammers use deceptive text messages to lure consumers into

• providing their personal and financial information
• along with OTPs
• or remote access gained from giving the victim a link to click on,
• or requesting an app to be downloaded (which gives hackers remote access to the device)

which can then be used to hack the victims bank account.

• Don't answer a call or txt or any kind of msg recieved from an unknown number.
• Always verify who you are speaking to, especially when there is a request for money.
• Don't part with your money so easily, especially which you can't afford to lose.
• Always be suspicious, never give anybody complete trust, as you are responsible for yourself first.
• Don't be too hard on yourself, if you ever do become a victim of a scam. Fraudsters are manipulative professionals. They do this for a living. There are victims every day and every hour.