Warning: SCAM text re "DWP: winter heating payment"

I got one of these last week - the previous week I witnessed an elderly lady in the clinic for spinal injuries, having entered all her personal and banking details asking a nurse how to find her 3 digit number from the back of her card, if she physically didn’t have the card with her! She clicked submit before either the nurse or I could stop her by saying “it’s a scam, the government already has your bank details from making your Pension payments “. I had to go into my appointment but when I came out found the nurse comforting the distressed lady whilst a colleague was on a phone contacting her bank. Thank goodness she was in clinic as if she had been at home on her own the scammers would have been emptying her account. She panicked and filled in the form because the Scam message said that the deadline was the next day.
There needs to be more publicity about this scheme not needing to be applied for and that the government would never send a text message asking for your bank account details. If you’re eligible you will already be receiving a State Pension or Disability Benefit!
Please spread the word amongst older family and friends.