People receiving a text message asking them to immediately call a foreign number should ignore it as it is a scam.

The police today advised the people to be wary of such text messages.

"This appears to be none other than another scam," they said on their Facebook page.

Some people have reported receiving more than one such message while others have also reported receiving calls from the same number.

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