Heartless cybercriminals are trying to fleece people using a fake John Lewis voucher giveaway.
Metro has learned that a dodgy link is spreading on WhatsApp which promises to give people £100 of John Lewis vouchers.
However, once they click on the link and answer some questions they are asked to give away their WhatsApp details or their address – two bits of information which are very useful to hackers.
Potential victims are sent a message which says: ‘John Lewis is giving away £100 Voucher to celebrate its 96th anniversary.
‘Get your free Voucher at [a web address we’ve decided to censor].
‘Enjoy and thanks me later.’
On a customer support Twitter account, John Lewis wrote: ‘We’ve become aware of this issue today and have flagged to the relevant team within our business.’
Have you fallen victim to the John Lewis voucher scam? Contact jasper.hamill@metro.co.uk
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