Aussies are being warned to be on the lookout for a clever text message scam purporting to be from Qantas, the Daily Mail is reporting.
The scam text tells recipients that a flight has been booked under their name, and will list details such as ‘CBA: Qantas ticket bought for flight QA2352. If this was not you please immediately call 02 8355 8255.’
The flight is fake and if unsuspecting people call the number, they’ll be greeted by a scammer trying to get the person’s bank details in order to rob them.
Qantas has a page on its website dedicated to identifying scams pretending to be from the airline.
“From time to time we are made aware [of] scams and social media posts that claim to be authentic Qantas communications,” it said.
“Unfortunately scammers can change sender ID names which makes it confusing for the recipient to recognise when a legitimate message has been sent and when it is a scam.”
Have you received any text messages like this?
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