COULD YOU SPOT A SCAM?

The number of people falling victim to fraud is on the rise

- TRACY GAYTON

Whether it’s a phone call from your ‘bank’ asking you to transfer funds, or an email from a ‘friend’ asking for money, we’ve all become a lot savvier about identifying a scam.

But in June last year, Citizens Advice warned that more than three quarters of UK adults had been targeted by a scam in 2022 – a 14% increase compared with 2021.

And in the first half of 2022 alone, criminals stole a total of £609.8 million. With scammers seemingly upping their game, coming up with even more convincing ways to deceive us, we speak to two women about their experiences with fraudsters…

‘We felt so foolish’