Is this a scam text? Worried sick

[Ellenaa]

Posting for my mum!

sister is on night out, doesn’t keep in touch every night in her 30s. Mum received this text “hi mum smashed my phone, using a friends but it’s running out of battery. Can you text me on my new number?” (Then had a new number)

I told my mum it’s a scam because

1. she never usually gets in touch why the need to get in touch tonight?
2. she’s not replied to mymesssges but they’re being delivered
3. how would she have got a new phone so quick?
4. why not text off the new number?

going to show replies to mum who’s now worried sick and probably won’t sleep

It's 100% a scam. I've seen the exact same wording on a few TikTok's warning about it

It's a well known scam.

Scam

i had a that exact one last week. My kids are 7 (doesn’t own a phone) and 13 (he was upstairs at time).

Scam for sure.

100% scam

It's absolutely a scam.
If your mom starts conversing they'll soon ask for money.

Scam I have seen it before. Then it goes on to ask for money.

It’s a well known scam , in a while she will likely get another text asking her to send money to xxx bank details to buy a new phone .

Very well known scam, just block and forget

It's a scam. Tell your mum to message something random back like "Did you manage to get your aunt Janet's prescription this morning?"

Scam

The idea is that mum will put the new number in her phone under the sister's name.

A few days later the "real" scam starts, with a text to mum from someone who appears to be her daughter.

Yeah I had that one too. I've only got one DS and he was in the room with me when I received it.
And my friend got one too. She doesn't have any kids.
It's deffo a scam.

100% scam. If you smash your phone you need a new phone not a new number! The SIM card will still be ok.

Its a scam. I've had 2 over the last few days when both my children were in the same house so definitely not from them.

I got one of these recently. I dont have children 🙄

This was today's spam text.

100% scam. report as scam. Block the number

Absolute scam. There was an earlier thread about this and DD keeps sending me loads of TikTok videos warning about it.

ANYTHING that is not from my direct family/friend group I bin. if they want me they can call me.

It's a very well known scam and people fall for it all the time.

Have a quick google search and show your mum the pictures which are almost all a carbon copy of the text she got

Get your sister to give your mum a ring. I think having confirmation from your sister herself is the only thing that will put your mum’s mind at rest.

I got one on my work phone and my children are 1 and 3

Yes it’s a scam, it’s been covered in the press, show her this

www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/warning-over-hi-mum-scam-25033585.amp

Thank you so much as everyone. Mum suffers with her nerves so I just wanted to show her loads of people know it’s a scam! Thank you

Very well known scam