The fake Health Department UK PCR Test Kit alert text message from telephone number 07874269207 below is a scam. The fake text, which claims recipients have been in close contact with a confirmed Omicron case and they should order a PCR test kit at health-department-uk.com, is being sent by scammers. The aim of the scammers is to frighten and trick their potential victims into clicking the link in the text message scam, which goes to a phishing website that steals personal and financial information.
The 07874269207 Health Department UK Scam Text
From: 07874 269207
NHS-UK Health Department: We have been notified you have been in close contact with a confirmed Omicron case. You must book a PCR test kit health-department-uk.com
Any financial information submitted on health-department-uk.com will be sent to the scammers and used fraudulently. Therefore, if you have done so, please contact your bank for help.