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Originally Posted by heero_yuy
R4 "You and Yours" featured this yesterday and already people have been scammed out of money and personal data.
Scammers spoof the telephone number to look like the track and trace number that the government publicised. Yawning security failure.
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Thanks, it was very useful. This is the link if anybody else would like to listen to it:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000jmmq
'You & Yours hears from critics of the Government's new "Test and Trac"k system, who say it leaves the door open for scammers. The new scheme will see people who are at risk of contracting Coronavirus being contacted by phone or text. Critics say criminals are able to "spoof" phone and text numbers to look like the official one, and warnings put out by the government to the public do not go far enough.'