COVID-19 scam warning

A SCAM via text message asking for personal details following an offer of a free COVID-19 test kit is doing the rounds in western Victoria, with Victoria Police urging people to be aware and not open any links purporting to be from the Australian Government. Photo: SUPPLIED.

By Lizzie Hallam

June 22, 2022 | 6:00 PM

IF you get a text message from the Australian Government offering a free COVID-19 test kit, it is a scam, with Victoria Police warning western Victorians not to open the link contained within.

The scam offered a free test kit under the guise the recipient of the text had been in close contact with a positive COVID-19 case.