Fake 'Monzo' text message scam

I received a text earlier today. I didn’t open the link.

Just wanted to make others aware of the scam.

Screenshot attached

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If you could forward to 7726 :raised_hands:t3:

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Forwarded, thanks. I didn’t know this was possible. Will definitely be using it from now on. :+1:

I get that occasionally, Monzo support stated it wasn’t legit, but what’s the scam here? Confirming the number is live

Yeah seems that way, then in reply, you’ll become a target at some point down the line.

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Makes me think in the same way the “Monzo aren’t on the phone to you right now” option is useful,

A similar “We last text you on DD/MM” might be helpful too

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That looks fishy… :rofl:

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If you text back, they know: the phone number is live, someone is using it and they are a Monzo customer. Not many pieces left to complete a jigsaw on ID theft.

You’ll probably get a random email asking to verify the email address too, later, when you’ve totally forgotten about this text. So now they’ve got an email address and a phone number to use for the next wave of Monzo-spoofing.

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Make sure you report it as junk at the bottom! That does get sent to all mobile operators and works towards the block algorithms.

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Also forward it to 7726, which forwards it to your mobile operator

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It does it automatically

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