NHS omicron Text scam

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Wow, card declined this morning....

Got this text yesterday:

NHS: You've been in close contact with a person who has contracted the Omicron variant. Please order a test kit via: nhs.test-pcr-kit-uk.com/nhs

Wondered who might have given my name but NHS has my phone number from other NHS tests so clicked through to a genuine looking NHS site to order a kit - free but 99p postage. Used cc, which was then used for two Mano Mano payments then the cc company flagged it as suspicious with two payments to Domino's pizza...

Be aware. It's fooling a lot....
 
Vic said:
Wow, card declined this morning....

Got this text yesterday:

NHS: You've been in close contact with a person who has contracted the Omicron variant. Please order a test kit via: nhs.test-pcr-kit-uk.com/nhs

Wondered who might have given my name but they have phone number from other NHS tests so clicked through to a genuine looking NHS site to order a kit - free but 99p postage. Used cc, which was then used for two Mano Mano payments then the cc company flagged it as suspicious with two payments to Domino's pizza...

Be aware. It's fooling a lot....
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I’ve had the same text a few times this week and another saying a driver tried to hand me some stuff and I need to rearrange delivery.. There are some Cnuts out there
 
Vic said:
Wow, card declined this morning....

Got this text yesterday:

NHS: You've been in close contact with a person who has contracted the Omicron variant. Please order a test kit via: nhs.test-pcr-kit-uk.com/nhs

Wondered who might have given my name but NHS has my phone number from other NHS tests so clicked through to a genuine looking NHS site to order a kit - free but 99p postage. Used cc, which was then used for two Mano Mano payments then the cc company flagged it as suspicious with two payments to Domino's pizza...

Be aware. It's fooling a lot....
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My missus had the same yesterday, she didn't click the link, but I put it into my laptop, and it went to a legit looking web page.

I'd already thought "scam" from the start, but everything looked fine, so I followed it through, and it told me she would get an email (which didn't happen), so I tried to go back to the page, and it wouldn't load, so I was immediately suspicious, and she phoned the credit card company, who immediately cancelled her card (it hadn't been used), and mine as I'm the main card holder.

Pain in the arse, but no damage done.
 
Vic said:
Wow, card declined this morning....

Got this text yesterday:

NHS: You've been in close contact with a person who has contracted the Omicron variant. Please order a test kit via: nhs.test-pcr-kit-uk.com/nhs

Wondered who might have given my name but NHS has my phone number from other NHS tests so clicked through to a genuine looking NHS site to order a kit - free but 99p postage. Used cc, which was then used for two Mano Mano payments then the cc company flagged it as suspicious with two payments to Domino's pizza...

Be aware. It's fooling a lot....
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Just never disclose any details when you have been contacted. If I get a call from someone who I feel is probably genuine (bank, Sky, Insurers, etc) and they say they need to ask questions to pass security I tell them to get fucked, they’ve contacted me not the other way around. I’ve never been scammed and by sticking to my principles hopefully never will.
 
Vic said:
Wow, card declined this morning....

Got this text yesterday:

NHS: You've been in close contact with a person who has contracted the Omicron variant. Please order a test kit via: nhs.test-pcr-kit-uk.com/nhs

Wondered who might have given my name but NHS has my phone number from other NHS tests so clicked through to a genuine looking NHS site to order a kit - free but 99p postage. Used cc, which was then used for two Mano Mano payments then the cc company flagged it as suspicious with two payments to Domino's pizza...

Be aware. It's fooling a lot....
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I had this a couple of days ago too, it stacked up on messages from my GP so assumed it was kosher????

As it happens we had test kits in, so didn't need to order one. Very clever scam if mine was indeed a scam

just checked again and the link to order the test kit is subtly different

nhs.test-kits-delivery.com/nhs
 
I got a text telling me Simon had tried to deliver my parcel, but was unable to, click this link to rearrange delivery.

I got the text at 3am on Sunday morning…
 
hammocity said:
Just never disclose any details when you have been contacted. If I get a call from someone who I feel is probably genuine (bank, Sky, Insurers, etc) and they say they need to ask questions to pass security I tell them to get fucked, they’ve contacted me not the other way around. I’ve never been scammed and by sticking to my principles hopefully never will.
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Same here, exactly this.
 
hammocity said:
Just never disclose any details when you have been contacted. If I get a call from someone who I feel is probably genuine (bank, Sky, Insurers, etc) and they say they need to ask questions to pass security I tell them to get fucked, they’ve contacted me not the other way around. I’ve never been scammed and by sticking to my principles hopefully never will.
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When people ring me I always tell them to get fucked. Nothing to do with security questions it just makes me feel better.
 
just checked and can confirm mine was a scam with this address

nhs.test-kits-delivery.com/nhs

question is why did this stack up on messages from my gp which I know were genuine???
 
Alan Harper's Tash said:
I got a text telling me Simon had tried to deliver my parcel, but was unable to, click this link to rearrange delivery.

I got the text at 3am on Sunday morning…
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I had exactly the same, similar time also
Basically these days i treat every every text/phone call is a scam and will not respond. If i think it could be genuine ie Bank, i ignore any text/calls and check things online or ring them myself. Never ever respond from messages, calls, texts etc
 
Was getting texts several times a day, all different numbers, but all basically the same scam of 'missed delivery, click link to rearrange'. I just ignored and blocked each number, eventually without a bite they tailed off.

Latest though could catch a few .... a missed voicemail from your doctor. Beware.
 
roubaixtuesday said:
All of these texts could, and should, easily be stopped at source.

If bluemooners can spot they're scams then Vodafone etc definitely can.

Why doesn't this happen?
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When you pay for the security it will stop, then a new scam will start and you will require extra payments to stop that, when Boris upped the no pin payments, with no opt out, digital banking became less secure than cash for the first time, lucky for me i have no banking details on my phone, nor my medical details so i will not be getting ripped off by security companies.
 
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