A 76 year old pensioner was fleeced after entering his personal details into a fake NHS site. Here’s how you can spot the ‘cruel’ scam and avoid losing money…
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A major bank has warned Brits to keep their eyes peeled for an NHS text scam after a man lost more than £1,000.
Barclays UK urged customers to “stay alert” for the Coronavirus-related text message posing as NHS Track and Trace.
Christopher Short, 76, was informed by scammers that he’d been in close contact with someone who had tested positive for Covid. Due to having an immunocompromised wife, Mr Short clicked on a link in the message with the understanding that he could order a testing kit.
The fake but convincing NHS site instructed the man to enter his personal details and pay for the bogus kit. Scammers then spent more than £1,000 at Argos and tried getting him to transfer all his savings into their account by pretending to be his credit card company.
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“I know it probably makes me look stupid because I never, ever click on an unknown link,” he told Wharfedale Observer. “But a couple of days before I had been to an inside meeting for the first time…
