Is this a scam?

[Waspnest]

Just received a text saying

Hi £50 received with thanks. Cheers mate.

I'm pretty sure I haven't paid anyone £50 lately. In fact I don't do internet banking, DH transfers money if I need to pay someone something by bank transfer so is this some new kind of scam whereby I reply and …. something happens?

Google the number, see if anything comes up.

I'd probably ignore it. They probably want you to reply and then spam you with more texts

I’d imagine so. I guess they expect you to say but I didn’t send you £50. They then reply send me your bank details and I’ll return it to you. Then they gave you bank details.

I think they may have just got the wrong number. Though if they used your name? Whatever block it and don't reply!

Have googled it and nothing showed up.

Thanks for the replies, I hate people who do this, it's unsettling.

It could be a scam and someone is trying to get your bank details. Ignore it, and block the number.

Add the number to your phone and see if anything comes up on WhatsApp?

If not, it's most likely a scam so block and ignore.

Check the number of Facebook too.

Nothing on Facebook either.

If you haven’t actually given them £50 then you have nothing to worry about

It doesn’t seem like a well known scam but it’s probably just money laundering

EG
You reply
They promise they’ll give you the money back
You give them your account no & sort code
They “accidentally” transfer too much money to you, say £150
They ask you to send the excess £100 to another bank account
Your bank account gets investigated and closed for bank fraud etc etc

Just ignore and block.