Newsagents be alert to a scam involving UKASH vouchers. Scammers are contacting people saying they can get thousands of dollars if they pay a $250 fee using a UKASH voucher. a UKASH voucher is like cash. The poor customer hands over or sends off the UKASH voucher and hears nothing more. If you are being approached to sell these make sure that your customers are not being scammed. If you have doubt, contact scamwatch.
Hello Mark,
We had a call from someone claiming to be from Ukash, they asked if we had an ePay machine. We advised that we do. Ten minutes later we had a call from an elderly lady who was told if she sent them a $500 voucher, she would get $7000 back. I’ve asked all staff to be on alert.