Warning as O2 customers receive scam message

Warning as O2 customers receive scam message asking them to update payment details By Jeff Prestridge for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:32 BST, 20 June 2020 | Updated: 22:32 BST, 20 June 2020 Alert: The message asks for new bank payment details to be provided Customers of mobile phone giant O2 are being warned not … Read more

Hot tub scams: Watch out for dodgy listings and payment requests

Hot tub crime machine: Scams rocket 400% as crooks take advantage of sunshine-fuelled lockdown buying spree Hot tub sales have surged since the lockdown as Britons splash out on luxuries NatWest said purchase scams went up five-fold between April and May Hot tubs involved in third-most purchase scams after Nintendo Switch and pets Nearly £7.1m … Read more

Hot tub scams: Watch out for dodgy listings and payment requests

Hot tub crime machine: Purchase scams involving plug-in pools up 400% as crooks take advantage of sunshine loving Britons Hot tub sales have surged since the lockdown as Britons splash out on luxuries NatWest said purchase scams went up five-fold between April and May Hot tubs involved in third-most purchase scams after Nintendo Switch and … Read more

How to protect yourself from scammers using the lockdown as cover

From phishing emails to the new coronavirus tracking app and ‘catfishing’: Beware scammers using the lockdown as cover 2,200 people have fallen victim to coronavirus-related scams in past two months Scammers have cheated victims out of more than £5.3m since lockdown began   ‘Phishing’ emails are prevalent, but other scams are based around a new coronavirus … Read more

How to protect yourself from scammers using the lockdown as cover

From phishing emails to the new coronavirus tracking app and ‘catfishing’: Beware scammers using the lockdown as cover 2,200 people have fallen victim to coronavirus-related scams in past two months Scammers have cheated victims out of more than £5.3m since lockdown began   ‘Phishing’ emails are prevalent, but other scams are based around a new coronavirus … Read more

Beware phishing text messages pretending to be NHS contact tracers

Contact-tracing service becomes latest vehicle for fraudsters as households receive fake ‘health service’ coronavirus texts with phishing links Fraudsters are targeting people by pretending to be the new tracing service It contains a phishing link designed to harvest people’s personal details Britons have been bombarded with thousands of phishing emails and texts  Here’s how to … Read more