The van will be in Piccadilly Gardens from 12pm - 3pm on Thursday 5 October.
Thanks to Santander you can snag yourself a free fish and chips for lunch on Thursday and all you need to do is show staff a scam text message or email.
While this might sound extremely shady and borderline illegal it is almost the complete opposite. Banking company Santander want to help educate the UK about fraud using the nation's favourite dish.
The scheme is called 'Phish and Chips' and Santander are bringing it to Manchester's Piccadilly Gardens on Thursday October 5.
It will be a unique food van that accepts phishing emails and smishing (sms phishing) tests as payment for fish and chips, following research revealing a staggering 86% of Brits regularly receive these scams.
To get yourself a meal you simply present staff in the van with a scam phishing email or smishing text in exchange for a portion of fish and chips, along with a side of advice on avoiding the tricks criminals use in their attempts to steal people’s money and identities.
All comments (34)
Derek_Duval
3 Oct 17#1
Must be at least 99% of the population eligible! Heat
ILikeUsingGifsToComment
3 Oct 17#2
:thumbsup:
splender
3 Oct 17#3
How extremely unique can you get with fish n chips?
Pateo
3 Oct 17#4
nihir Have you any idea if this promo will be rolled out to other cities?
nihir to Pateo
3 Oct 17#5
No idea mate. I accidentally bumped into Man.Evening, worth checking local newspapers as I believe it must be running on other locations. :smile:
ses6jwg
3 Oct 17#6
It's a van going around the country to raise awareness of 'phishing'
inb4 'is it halal? is the batter non alcoholic? are the pish and chips cooked in the same oil and grease? etc'
nihir to hass123
3 Oct 17#11
All I know is it’s “free”. And I guess that’s all it matters... :grin:
cleverguy12 to hass123
3 Oct 17#20
This seems somewhat racist
pingu to cleverguy12
3 Oct 17#21
it's not, because islam is not a race. people need to get over themselves and stop being so PC.
cleverguy12 to pingu
3 Oct 17#22
I'm a Muslim but I don't say 'pish' this seems directed to people of Asian descent which makes it racist
cocogumbo to cleverguy12
4 Oct 17#29
Errr, no. PHISHING is a scamming term which means they are trying to 'fish' for data - Phishing is the attempt to obtain sensitive information such as usernames, passwords, and credit card details (and, indirectly, money), often for malicious reasons, by disguising as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication. See Wiki.
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The van will be in Piccadilly Gardens from 12pm - 3pm on Thursday 5 October.
Thanks to Santander you can snag yourself a free fish and chips for lunch on Thursday and all you need to do is show staff a scam text message or email.
While this might sound extremely shady and borderline illegal it is almost the complete opposite. Banking company Santander want to help educate the UK about fraud using the nation's favourite dish.
The scheme is called 'Phish and Chips' and Santander are bringing it to Manchester's Piccadilly Gardens on Thursday October 5.
It will be a unique food van that accepts phishing emails and smishing (sms phishing) tests as payment for fish and chips, following research revealing a staggering 86% of Brits regularly receive these scams.
To get yourself a meal you simply present staff in the van with a scam phishing email or smishing text in exchange for a portion of fish and chips, along with a side of advice on avoiding the tricks criminals use in their attempts to steal people’s money and identities.
All comments (34)
Have you any idea if this promo will be rolled out to other cities?
Anyone have a website link etc? :thinking: