The warning comes as seven cases of new 'variants of concern' are detected in Northern Ireland
Police are warning people about a Covid text messaging scam that is circulating in Northern Ireland.
The police warning comes as seven cases of "new variants of concern" have been detected in Northern Ireland. Professor Kevin Curran, who is an expert in cyber security, said that these types of scams have become more and more prevalent since the pandemic, when the government used text messages to try to keep the public up to date on testing and vaccinations.
Karl Allen was shocked when he received the scam message telling him he had been a close contact of someone and needed to click on a link to pay for a PCR test. "I receive scam phone calls texts all the time, this one because it was sort of pushing the Covid button... I really don't want Covid - and because it looked so authentic - I was very close."
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