MEMBERS of the public are being urged to be aware of a text scam after a woman in North Lincolnshire was asked to hand over bank details for a council tax refund. North Lincolnshire Council has issued the warning, telling residents it would never ask for bank details via text. They said: "A woman contacted our Customer Contact Centre to say she had received a text claiming to be from 'gov.co.uk' telling her that she was due a refund on her Council Tax. She was given a link and told to...
