Paisley woman diddled out of more than £10,000 by phone trickster
dailyrecord.co.ukJoin thousands of others and get the latest Scottish crime and courts news sent straight to your inbox with our daily Criminal Record newsletter.Police in Paisley are warning people to be vigilant about mobile app fraud after scammers stole more than £10,000 from a woman’s bank account.The 58-year-old, of the town’s Millarston area, received a phone call from cruel scammers pretending to be her internet provider, who told her there was illegal activity taking place through her wi-fi.The cunning hackers informed her that she would have to download specialist apps on her mobile to fix the issue.The woman did as she was instructed and downloaded two apps - Quick Support and Any Desk - which are both genuine apps that allow users to gain remote.
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