I received a scam text on Friday from someone calling me Mum, saying they’d dropped their phone in the toilet and lost all data. I replied & offered help, but as luck would have it my daughter WhatsApped me at that very same moment, so I realised I was being conned. I’m amazed at myself for being taken in as I’m quite vigilant.
Anyway, my reason for mentioning this here is that I suspect it was connected to the cyber attack on M&S, and the theft of customer data.
The scammer was very friendly and quite convincing, saying they were going to put the wet phone in a bowl of rice to try to save their data, no request for anything other than to continue contact on WhatsApp rather than text. I’ve blocked and reported them, but I’m on the alert for anything suspicious.