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How to get FREE fish and chips in Manchester TODAY using a scam email

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.

In fact it's probably happened to you.

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.

Santander in Piccadilly Gardens(Image: Money Bright/ www.moneybright.co.uk)

If, for the first time in your life, you are angry you have no spam emails or text messages fear not, you can take a short quiz to identify a scam email or text.

The van will be in Piccadilly Gardens from 12pm - 3pm on Thursday 5 October.

Each person targeted received an average of 16 fraudulent emails, texts or calls last year, this means up to 600 million phishing, smishing and vishing attempts potentially took place nationally in the last 12 months.