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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Catherine Furze & Chiara Fiorillo

Warning issued for new text scam used by fraudsters to steal your money and data

Mobile phone users have been warned to be alert as fraudsters have now found a new way to steal people's money and personal data.

Scammers have recently started to insert fraudulent texts into legitimate message threads from banks and other organisations.

This new trick has become one of the most convincing ways for fraudsters to act, according to Which? senior researcher Faye Lipson.

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