The scam texts have been sent to all models of phone, but Flubot can only infect those running Android software. The scam messages ask the recipient to click on a link, then install the delivery app, which is actually a piece of malware called Flubot - which has been sweeping the world and reached NZ yesterday. The Government's Computer Emergency Response Team (Cert NZ) is asking anyone who receives one of the scam texts (see examples below) to forward it to the DIA on 7726. More than 56,000 people have forwarded the agency a copy of one of the texts of the past two days. The Herald understands the Department of Internal Affairs has received a record number of complaints about a scam text purporting to be from a courier company. "It's bigger than Ben Hur," says a person immediately involved with official efforts to stamp out the scam says. Photo: SuppliedMore information is emerging on a text scam that is hitting Kiwi phones en masse.
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