I am sure that a lot of you will have had this scam email but for those who haven’t then beware. At 6.30 this morning my mobile pinged and the message read: You have been in close contact with someone who has recently tested positive for Omicron. Please order a test kit: https://your-pcr-order.com. At that time of the morning I am not at my best and not as alert as I should be. In our house we are ultra careful about infection with Covid as my wife’s health is not good so we avoid contact with others, but last Thursday I visited a local tyre garage and had a new set of tyres fitted but I was impressed at how Covid aware they were so thought it highly unlikely that contact was from there. Anyway I decided to follow the link, as instructed, to order a test I began filling in the questionnaire that was presented on screen, it had NHS logos on the pages which meant it seemed credible. I was ok till I got to the line which requested credit card number and last three digits, in order to pay £1.28 for postage, alarm bell then rang, this is a scam. Because it came early in the morning, when I was not at my best, it nearly succeeded but I remembered the warnings that I had seen that the NHS would never ask for credit card details as no payment would be requested. The Independent had highlighted this scam a while ago and advised that it had been taken down, apparently it has been resurrected so be aware. Dave W