Re: [GLLUG] SMS text scam warning

2021-04-24 Thread James Roberts via GLLUG
My wife had five of these yesterday, out of the blue... MeJ On 24/04/2021 10:10, Chris Bell via GLLUG wrote: Hello, bbc.co.uk/news/technology have relayed a warning from GCHQ about huge numbers of messages sent to UK mobile phones claiming that there is a parcel on its way, please download the

Re: [GLLUG] SMS text scam warning

2021-04-24 Thread John Edwards via GLLUG
Hmmm, On Sat, Apr 24, 2021 at 11:12:12AM +0100, Fred Youhanaie via GLLUG wrote: > It is worth subscribing to one or more of their various RSS feeds, > listed at https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/information/rss-feeds "You need to enable JavaScript to run this app." (And there is nothing in the content

Re: [GLLUG] SMS text scam warning

2021-04-24 Thread Fred Youhanaie via GLLUG
On 24/04/2021 10:18, Alain D D Williams via GLLUG wrote: On Sat, Apr 24, 2021 at 10:10:03AM +0100, Greater London Linux UUG wrote: Hello, bbc.co.uk/news/technology have relayed a warning from GCHQ about huge numbers of messages sent to UK mobile phones claiming that there is a parcel on its

Re: [GLLUG] SMS text scam warning

2021-04-24 Thread Alain D D Williams via GLLUG
On Sat, Apr 24, 2021 at 10:10:03AM +0100, Greater London Linux UUG wrote: > Hello, > bbc.co.uk/news/technology have relayed a warning from GCHQ about huge numbers > of messages sent to UK mobile phones claiming that there is a parcel on its > way, please download the "app" to get tracking

[GLLUG] SMS text scam warning

2021-04-24 Thread Chris Bell via GLLUG
Hello, bbc.co.uk/news/technology have relayed a warning from GCHQ about huge numbers of messages sent to UK mobile phones claiming that there is a parcel on its way, please download the "app" to get tracking details. It is nothing to do with a parcel, the "app" is spyware aimed mainly at