Winter fuel payment text scam

[JurgenKloppsTeeth]

Bloody scammers. Just received this text and thought I’d share it - might be worth sharing with and reminding any relatives who qualify/formerly qualified for WFP that they should check whether a sender is legit before parting with any money. This is a US mobile number which makes a change from the usual west African scams.

DWPEE did make me laugh though.

I've had it too, it came from a Michigan (USA) number. They are dumb as rocks.

Yep I had one similar last year

Had that today ! Did smile …..

I had this one from a recruitment agency.... supposedly

I had another one of those today too. Deleted and blocked. But it sent my elderly mother into a right panic a few weeks ago, bastards.

I've had these too.

I had it and fell for it until my bank stopped me in my tracks! I’m not elderly and am normally very switched on to these things…

i went through a phase of getting a load of those recruitment ones on WhatsApp too @shellyleppard. Me in a group with a load of other random numbers. I just deleted and blocked as spam. Same as I do for all of these things.

Yes I’ve had that text today, bloody scammers.

This and similar texts come out from time to time, we just ignore them.

Had one last year regarding a tax rebate, logged onto my Gov.Gateway account and a message was waiting for me confirming a £3k tax refund.😁
I would never clink on a link regardless of where it claimed to come from, would always go direct to the website first.

@Nourishinghandcream well that’s a happy outcome! I wish I had a rebate waiting for me. I’ve also had lots of the recruitment texts.

This is doing the rounds today. Totally unlike me I fell for it but my bank blocked it. I was waiting for something else from DWP and have been very stressed unfortunately so fell for it.

Sorry to hear that. @Annettefromthenewsagents - but I’m glad your bank caught it.