May is a savvy, retired teacher and lives in leafy, Marlow, Buckinghamshire. When lockdown began in late March, she received the official text from the Government regarding new rules about staying at home to prevent the spread of the virus.
Two days later, May received another text informing her she had left the house twice the day before and now had to pay a fine of £35. “The text looked so official and even showed the sender as the Government even though I realise now it wasn’t," she says.
May was frightened and with the situation being so new, she paid the amount. An hour later it dawned on her that this wasn’t right and she called her son about it.
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