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 I received a text message recently telling me that someone I knew had tested positive (presumably for Covid19) and that I needed to order a test kit. The message wasn't shown as coming from the NHS and the website link had no NHS details in the URL but the website displayed was branded to look like NHS. This is a scam and nothing to do with the NHS. The number 07759 129388 / +44 7759 129 388 is used as sender ID but is likely to be a fake number. NHS Covid Omicron Test Kit Scam text If you click on the link you are taken to a website that claims to be an NHS one but has some obvious clues apart from the web address that show it is fake. The tests for Omicron are exactly the same as for other Covid19 variants, there is no suggestion that the variant "appears dormant" as the scammers are claiming. In the UK at least there is no isolation requirement for anyone who is a contact and this is unrelated to having a test or not. The wording of the scam text SMS message is purely

 We've been made aware of a scam email doing the rounds claiming to be from Money Saving Expert (MSE) Martin Lewis and offering an EON/e-On fixed rate bond paying rates of 3.5% and 5.875%. This scam is nothing to do with MSE, Martin Lewis or e.On. The scammers are just using their names to give some credibility and to gain trust. If you hand money over you will lose it and not hear from the scammers again so give them a very wide berth. Eon MSE Martin Lewis Scam Bond Email

The company name  CPrompt UK Ltd is being used by scammers to target investors in Fluid ISA Bond to recover money from their investment.  C Prompt UK Ltd is a company based in North East UK that has been running since 1993, owned by 2 people and has no website or any obvious online presence. You can check their details on Companies House here: https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02876125 The scammers using the C Prompt UK name have no connection to the real company and are claiming to be based in London. It also appears that they have setup a website which again is nothing to do with the real company. They are presumably relying on the fact that C Prompt UK have no contact details online for any Fluid ISA Bond investors to validate or disprove the scam. The scammers are reportedly asking for 5% fees to recover funds from Fluid ISA that they claim has gone into liquidation. There is no information to support this claim. Although the ISA manager NPI has gon