Virgin Media O2 has warned customers about the latest scams being circulated by fraudsters over text and phone calls.
The top two most common texts blocked on the network include the "hi mum" or "hi dad" text scam targeted to trick parents, followed up by fake delivery and bank payment texts. Rounding up the top five are crypto or investing schemes texts and then, finally, dodgy debt write off texts.
Customers have been warned to watch out for these five messages the firm says makes up 95% of all scam messages blocked on Virgin Media O2's network.
