Hi its Mum...... - Trigger Fraud Alert #26 (May 2025)

Dear Resident,

We have been informed by Humberside Police that fraudsters are sending messages to victims’ phones claiming to be the victims’ MUM or DAD. You will receive a text message claiming to be either your mum or dad and that this is their new mobile number. Victims have texted back asking why it came from an unknown number and received a reply to say they had deleted the old number already and saved this new number, as they thought that was the right way to save their new number. There are different variants of this scam: phone broken, abroad, in hospital and many more.

The endgame for the fraudster is financial gain, and at some point during the messages, they will ask you to pay an invoice or advise you they are unable to access their internet banking and need you to send them money or send funds to an account with new details. The scam is to obtain further details from you so they can access any accounts you have online.

You can access the full alert on the FraudWatch website here:- https://www.fraudwatch.org.uk/2025/05/27/trigger-fraud-alert-26/, 

On this page you can download some useful resources about fraud and watch a video about this type of fraud too.

Fraud can happen to anyone at any time, especially when we least expect it. Please share this alert with friends and family to help us keep people safe from fraud.

Thanks

FraudWatch