!! Scam alert – Covid-19 vaccine scam text !!

!! Scam alert – Covid-19 vaccine scam text !!

Monday January 4th, 2021/in Local News /by sheepyparish@gmail.com

Leicestershire County Council Trading Standards Service

Criminals are taking advantage of the Covid-19 vaccine rollout through a convincing

Scam text to steal people’s personal and financial details

The text contains a link that leads to a convincing fake NHS website with an application form. It asks for your bank / card details in order to ‘check identity’. The NHS will not ask for payment.

Please warn friends and family of this scam text.

Read the full Which? article at https://bit.ly/2WWTJJc

#ThinkQuickNeverClick

#ScamAware

The post can be found at https://www.facebook.com/leicstradingstandards/posts/875514183204958

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