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How a young Australian man allegedly scammed innocent victims out of thousands of dollars using just two simple words in a seemingly simple text message scam
- 21-Year-Old Man Charged With Fraudulent “Hi Mom” Text Messages
- The scam involves a person posing as a relative
- The scammer then asks for money or payments.
A Melbourne man has been charged after allegedly defrauding his victims through the pop-up scam dubbed ‘Hello Mum’.
Victoria Police have arrested the 21-year-old from Templestowe for allegedly scamming people online out of electronics.
Police allege he used the ‘Hello Mom’ SMS scam to take ‘a substantial amount of money’ from victims.
This type of scam, which has been used in many recent attacks, gets its name from a text message from an unknown mobile phone claiming to be the recipient’s son.
A 21-year-old man has been charged after allegedly defrauding customers online through a pop-up scam dubbed “Hello Mom”.
The scam, which has gained popularity recently, involves sending a text message from an unknown mobile phone number claiming to be the recipient’s child.
The scammer then tries to build a relationship based on lies before borrowing money or making a payment on your behalf.
The accused man is accused of carrying out five fraudulent transactions in Ringwood, Mitcham, Doncaster East, Mill Park and Narre Warren.
Police say the products were obtained as a result of the person using false documents.
According to the Federal Government, multiple variations of the ‘Hello Mom’ scam are circulating. These messages claim things like losing your card and asking for money to be transferred.
The 21-year-old man was charged with five counts of obtaining property by deception. He was granted bail and will appear at Ringwood Magistrates Court on July 18.
The 21-year-old man was later charged with five counts of obtaining property by deception.
He has been granted bail and will appear at Ringwood Magistrates Court on 18 July.
According to the Federal Government, multiple variations of the ‘Hello Mom’ scam are circulating.
These messages claim things like losing your card and asking for money to be transferred.