Highland Council Trading Standards are urging residents to be aware of a winter payment scam text aimed at tricking people into thinking they have to act quickly or miss out on a winter payment. The text refers to your last round of winter heating allowance and gives a deadline that is very close. It asks you to click on a link and provide personal information, even stating if you don’t respond any monies due to you will go to someone else. If you click on the link it takes you to a fake GOV.UK web page asking for. . .
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