Scams

Online banking customers have been warned about a rise in text message scams targeting their savings accounts.

MPs have called on the government to take a tougher stance on big technology companies hosting pension scam adverts.

MPs call for new laws to crack down on tech firms promoting scams - FTAdviser.com

Victims of scammers have lost £1.7bn over the last 12 months, new analysis from Which? has found.

Online scammers 'running riot' thanks to tech giants' inaction - Your Money

A fresh UK Census scam warning has been issued after one unwitting Brit was scammed out of £500.

The woman handed over the money after being panicked into thinking she had missed the deadline.

This week, many Brits have found themselves, victim, to a Royal Mail scam, where people are asked to pay for ‘unpaid shipping fees’ via text, only to input their bank details to a fraudulent website.

Seven types of scam people are being warned to watch out for - Kent Live

Complaints about nuisance calls and messages skyrocketed during the last three months of 2020, according to Ofcom and the Information Commissioners Office (ICO).

Nuisance calls complaints surged in the UK during pandemic | TechRadar

People have been warned to take care when selling expensive goods online after a number of frauds - totalling more than £171,000 in one part of the UK alone.

Police warn over scam targeting sellers on Gumtree, Facebook and eBay - Kent Live

A warning has gone out to residents in Flintshire regarding a Covid related email scam.

Received an email from 'Pfizer Vaccine Opinion Panel' ? - It's a scam, say Flintshire Trading Standards (deeside.com)

Lockdown has seen a boom is the use of online shopping and delivery services.

And with that has come a host of crooks trying to take advantage of the situation through the use of text and email scams.

Royal Mail share exact wording of 16 email and text scams - CoventryLive (coventrytelegraph.net)

Which? is calling for urgent government action over the ‘devastating emotional toll’ of online scams.

https://www.yourmoney.com/saving-banking/calls-for-government-action-on-emotional-toll-of-online-scams/