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Flubot: Warning over major Android ‘package delivery’ scam – BBC News
A rapidly spreading text-message scam is infecting Android phones across the UK.
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A text-message scam that infects Android phones is spreading across the UK, experts have warned.
The message – which pretends to be from a package delivery firm, prompts users to install a tracking app – but is actually a malicious piece of spyware.
Called Flubot, it can take over devices and spy on phones to gather sensitive data, including online banking details.
Network operator Vodafone said millions of the text messages were already being sent, across all networks.
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