{"id":36670,"date":"2023-12-21T11:01:09","date_gmt":"2023-12-21T11:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=36670"},"modified":"2023-12-21T11:01:09","modified_gmt":"2023-12-21T11:01:09","slug":"ee-uk-warns-of-christmas-sms-scam-spike-peaking-on-23rd-dec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2023\/12\/ee-uk-warns-of-christmas-sms-scam-spike-peaking-on-23rd-dec.html","title":{"rendered":"EE UK Warns of Christmas SMS Scam Spike &#8211; Peaking on 23rd Dec"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Broadband ISP and mobile operator <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/eebroadband\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">EE<\/a> has today forecast that Saturday 23rd December 2023 will be the &#8220;<em>busiest day for SMS delivery scams<\/em>&#8220;, with criminals targeting shoppers in the last-minute rush before Christmas. The same day in 2022 saw 3 million SMS scam attempts being blocked by the operator \u2013 the highest number of the entire year.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The most popular Christmas SMS scams include missed or track delivery scams, which work by encouraging shoppers to click on links and thus giving criminals an opportunity to steal consumers\u2019 data or money. This year, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/eebroadband\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">EE<\/a> anticipates as many as 5 million SMS scams will be blocked by the network this December. Just for context, network data reveals 45 million scam texts have been blocked so far this year.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bq2\"><strong>NOTE:<\/strong> If you receive a suspicious text, forward the phone number and incident to <strong>7726<\/strong>, free of charge, for your mobile provider to investigate. Once reported, block the number and notify others of the scam, so they can avoid falling victim.<\/div>\n<p>Jonny Bunt, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/eebroadband\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">EE<\/a>\u2019s Director of Regulatory Affairs for Consumer, said: &#8220;<em>It has been a busy year for fraudulent texts, we blocked over 45 million before they reached our customers, but the battle is never won, and some will always make it through. Our investments in AI are helping hugely, but we would be nothing without the vigilance of our customers, which is why we\u2019re encouraging everyone to take a couple of minutes to remind themselves of the signs, and to report suspicious texts for free to 7726<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Broadband ISP and mobile operator EE has today forecast that Saturday 23rd December 2023 will be the &#8220;busiest day for SMS delivery scams&#8220;, with criminals targeting shoppers in the last-minute rush before Christmas. 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