Scam ‘Hi mum’ text
The ‘Hi mum’ text is a scam message that continually does the rounds and sees scammers posing as adult children.
In a new version of the scam, the text addresses the recipient as mum and attempts to continue the conversation on WhatsApp.
Here, the scammer will make up an emergency scenario in an attempt to get you to transfer them money.
You can report scam texts by forwarding them to 7726.