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Man arrested after 26,000 'phishing' text messages sent out in a single day

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Don't miss a thing by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox Police swooped on a Manchester hotel room and arrested a suspected scammer thought to have sent out 26,000 texts in a single day purporting to be from delivery giant Hermes.

Officers raided a room in Ibis hotel in Charles Street in the city centre on Thursday afternoon after staff reported seeing suspicious activity including a man with a large amount of cables in a bag.

Police found a laptop and other devices inside the room and arrested a 21-year-old from Manchester. READ MORE: Terrifying moment young mum scrambles to save toddler as thugs steal her car in Snapchat set-up Detectives believe the kit was used as part of a sophisticated 'phishing' scam.

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