Scams

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/

Scots are being warned to be wary of scammers who are calling people pretending to be from NHS Scotland in an attempt to obtain your bank details. 

https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/19150091.nhs-scotland-fraud-alert-issued-warn-public-scam-calls/?ref=twtrec

The message attempts to obtain a person’s personal and financial details. People are being warned to watch out for a new text message scam in which criminals pose as Royal Mail in an attempt to steal personal and financial details.

https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/uk-news/2021/03/10/warning-over-royal-mail-text-message-scam/

The Money Advice Service issue warning about scam WhatsApp message impersonating them

Well-known brands continue to be impersonated by scammers to steal personal information

https://www.cifas.org.uk/newsroom/coronavirus-scam-2-march-2021

A new email scam targeting Royal Mail customers has been reported nearly 1,700 times across the country.

The scam comes in the form of an email posing to be Royal Mail, asking customers to confirm a re-delivery following a missed package.