• ‘Don’t lose your 12,739 points!’ The text scams cashing in on bogus rewards

    Scam message claims points will expire in days so click through to claim your prize – just pay the postageYou get a text message with some good news: your mobile provider has been operating a rewards programme and you have earned almost 13,000 points.You haven’t heard of the scheme before but since so many of the operators have rewards plans, you assume you must just have missed it. When you click on the link, you arrive at a site branded with your operator’s logo and find you

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