Region Västmanland is now going out and warning of fraudsters who send text messages that appear to come from 1177.
– For all intents and purposes, do not open the link, says security manager Hans Löhman.
The same type of fraud has occurred in several parts of the country, but now it has also come to Västmanland county and a number of people have contacted the region.
According to Hans Löhman, who is Region Västmanland’s security manager, an SMS with a link from 1177 cannot possibly be genuine.
– Never, we do not act that way and do not contact patients without reason and start demanding information from them, etc.
According to the security manager, it is almost exclusively elderly people who are affected.
– The elderly may be unfamiliar with the technology and the fraudsters are also skilled at finding loopholes, where it is difficult to determine what is true and false, says Hans Löhman.