A MAN is warning others about a scam after he received a suspicious text message from someone claiming to be from a catalogue retailer.

Richard Messer, 46, from Chipping Norton received a text from someone saying his Argos card is out of date and that if he did not renew it, he would be charged.

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But he does not own an Argos card and when he called the retailer, he was told the message was fake and to delete it.

He said: "The person from Argos customer services pretty much laughed in my face and told me that it wasn't real and to ignore and delete it. I didn't get any help from them."

Despite there being many ways in which a scammer can get personal information, Mr Messer believes Argos is responsible for a data breach and says the retailer should address the issue.

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He added: "There has been a major security breach and Argos should look into its system. I'm sure other people have had this same message too and I don't want others to get scammed."