LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Attorney General Doug Peterson has issued a warning to Nebraskans telling them to beware of scam text messages.

A news release distributed Thursday says the scam involves a text message claiming to be from Great Western Bank. It alerts that an account has been blocked and includes a link that opens to request an online banking username and password.

The release says the scam is trying to compromise online user credentials to gain access to further identifying information. It says such text messages should be ignored and deleted immediately.

The Attorney General’s Office says it has received several reports of the scam, mostly from Verizon Wireless customers.

Verizon Wireless spokeswoman Karen Smith says customers can forward suspected spam messages to the company’s spam database