🤺 Fighting Text Message Scams with Kia
Hello folks, Akash here 👋
Today I’ve got something a bit different - This week’s newsletter comes in audio format 🗣
I recently recorded a podcast episode with Kia from the Pennies to Pounds Podcast!
Having worked in the disputes team at a bank, I shared what I knew about text message scams, how they work and how you can avoid & report them.
Check out the full episode here 👇
TL;DL (Too Long, Didn’t Listen)
No problem! Here’s a quick summary of what we discussed:
- Scammers get your phone numbers from past data breaches and use them to send you scam text messages
- Use Have I Been Pwned to see if your data has been breached before
- Scam text messages will contain links to webforms that ask for your personal details
- Learn how to spot phishing websites scams
- Scammers use the information from the webform to call you and convince you they are calling from your bank (or another organisation)
- Scammers try to convince you to move your money to a ‘safe account’ or another account - This is just their own account
- Your bank will never ask you to move your money to another account
- If you’ve been a victim of this scam, report it to your bank and Action Fraud
- Report scam text messages by forwarding them to 7726
- Sign up for the scam alerts newsletter from the Which? Group
Where’s the cryptocurrency write up Akash?
^ A visual representation of me at the moment
I’m still working on the cryptocurrencies mini-series, and I’ll be covering Bitcoin in the first of those newsletter issues!
I’m also working on putting together some threads on Twitter, so if you want to see those, consider following me on Twitter 👀
See you soon!