Wednesday, 16 November 2022

Beware Suspended Apple Pay phishing text scam

 

Fake Apple Pay text scam

One of our local borough residents received the above (screenshot of a) fake phishing scam on his mobile (on 16 Nov 2022). He reported it but alerted us to warn others.

His antivirus app flagged it as a suspect url as in the screenshot below:-

Bitdefender app flags warning

VirusTotal flags the fake url as malicious


VT flags fake url as malicious



Suspicious text messages should be forwarded to the number 7726 which is free of charge. Reported and sent above to this number.

Needless to say do no click on links that turn out of the blue. Take time to research and check out this blog for advice and further information on similar scams.

Which? also reported the scam.

https://bexleywatch.blogspot.com/2026/01/stay-connected-join-bexley-borough.html

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