Phishers did £1m in three days

Bank phishing fraudsters stole more than £1 million from 14 HSBC customers in just three days after tricking them with a fake Amazon message, a court heard. Victims were sent a text message asking whether they had just spent £2,499 at the online giant, telling them to call an ‘HSBC helpline’ if they didn’t recognise the purchase. ‘You guessed it, that number had nothing to do with HSBC,’ said prosecutor David Hughes. Customers were then asked a series of security…