The ACCC's National Anti-Scam Centre issued an alert in February ... Mary Yu received a text saying someone had tried to create a verification code for her HSBC account. It appeared in the ...

Many of us have text alerts set up with our bank. Unfortunately, scammers are now exploiting this feature for their gain.

The centre confirmed it had raised concerns about the spoofing text message scam directly with HSBC. Beyond the alert, victims said it was unclear how the anti-scam centre or HSBC were trying to ...