Saval woman warns others to watch out for phone scam

Phone scams are on the increase and a Saval woman was very lucky not to have been caught this week when a caller claiming they were from Danske Bank told her that her card had been added to Apple Pay and they wanted to remove it for her.

The lady wisely didn't give any information even though the caller seemed to know her and was able to give her full address. He told her he needed to send a text to her to confirm the removal.

"He stated that he needed confirmation to remove the card by sending a text."

The Co Down woman was so distracted with her baby in the background that she never read the text message properly when it came through and just gave the code to the caller.

As she explains "After I hung up I copped on....It was the verification to ADD it to Apple."

Realising the potential for fraud quickly she called Danske Bank and cancelled her card straight away and luckily wasn't out any money.

Commenting on her near miss the woman added "Just don't want it happening to anyone else. I don't have a clue where they got my details from"