Parents are being warned about 'hi mum' scam messages which are increasingly being used by fraudsters to con people out of money.
The scam originally started doing the rounds on WhatsApp but now it has been spotted on a number of text messages too, according to Which? consumer experts. The fraudsters target parents by pretending to be their children and asking them to send money to help them out in emergencies.
Which? reported that earlier this year Action Fraud warned it had received 1,235 reports of criminals posing as loved ones in need on WhatsApp between February 3 and June 21, amounting to a total financial loss of £1.5m. As a result they issued advice on what the scams look like as well as how to avoid and report them, reports the Liverpool Echo.
