ongoing coronavirus outbreak has significantly affected the way UK consumers purchase their goods over the past year. However, with more people shopping and communicating online, fraudsters are spotting new opportunities to steal information and money from the unsuspecting public.
In fact, following a warning around the increasing surge of 'smishing' scams, recent figures from UK Finance revealed there were almost 15,000 impersonation scam cases reported in the first half of 2020 - up 84 per cent compared to the same period in 2019.
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