New phone scam?

[randomeddy]

Had this message twice now and I am fascinated as to what the outcome would be if I replied.

[The Rotrex Kid]

They say they need money and ask you to send it across to their ‘friends’ bank account/PayPal/whatever.

[Roy the Boy]

They've 'smashed' their phone, but they have a 'new' number? Yeah, right!! Avoid at all costs

[200Plus Club]

Wife got this, which was surprising given we've never had kids...

[NDA]

I've had the same 'Dear Mum' text. Odd, as my kids have always called me dad.

[agtlaw]

https://www.avonandsomerset.police.uk/news/2022/03...

[2gins]

Presumably they do it on whatsapp as it's all encrypted too. So on evidence when they get caught.

Thought everyone knew about this, and the missed delivery scams, and the HMRC scams., and the phone bill rebate scams, etc etc

If you don't expect it, delete and phone the company direct.

[Trax]

Scam been going around for a while, WhatsApp and normal texts.

They may have to send 100's before they get a reply, but as was said before, they then need money sending for some random urgent reason. People do fall for it, though its usually lower amounts.

Not like the hundreds of thousands that one case I know about sent to a soldier in Iraq, the love of their life, who they had never spoken too, because secret mission etc.. One of the large sums was to pay an Afghan warlord to replace some top secret equipment he needed to replace before his boss found out. You couldn't make it up, but people get scammed for very high amounts of money regularly.

[NDA]

I'd like to think that most of us are alive to the scam risks - but a text purportedly from a son or daughter in distress can lower the normal defences. Which is why they do it of course.

[Terminator X]

NDA said:

I've had the same 'Dear Mum' text. Odd, as my kids have always called me dad.

I have been getting the same Natwest "problem with your account" email for 15 years despite never having banked with them

TX.

[RyanOPlasty]

Always consider any text or email as a potential scam.
This one is pretty obvious - the moment you speak to them, the scam fails, so they ask you to use whatsapp.

[Waynester]

Definite scam.. love what Jim Browning or Kitboga do with these scammers

Edited by Waynester on Thursday 13th October 13:59

[Electro1980]

Trax said:

You couldn't make it up,

Clearly you can, because these scammers did.