WELLINGTON Neighbourhood Policing Team have warned locals about a recent scam that is circulating around the community.

People in Wellington will be expecting their first discount from the Energy Bills Support Scheme this month. However a recent new scam has been circulating via text message, the scammers, posing as GOV-UK have been sending out messages asking for bank details in order to receive the discount.

A spokesperson from the Policing team said: “If you get a text message or email claiming to be from organisations such as Ofgem or GOV.UK seeking bank info to process payments, it’s a scam.”

An example of the scam text message was provided in the police statement to give people a heads up on what to look out for.

The Police teams message is ‘Delete. Block. Report’

Helpful links to report suspicious emails and text have also been provided:

* Forward suspicious emails to [email protected]

Details about the energy discount is available on the GOV.UK website: https://gov.uk/.../getting-the-energy-bills-support...