There are some cruel scams doing the rounds right now, taking advantage of our pandemic fears. The worst thing is, many are targeting people who are already finding life a challenge and are struggling to get by.
One reader, Kevin, contacted me about a scam he was taken in by. In June, he got an email from derek.shaw@covid19loans.net. It told him that special loans, heavily subsidised by Government, were available for those struggling during the pandemic.
The loan was likened to the Government’s business bounceback and other schemes and the email said it had been put in place by Chancellor Rushi Sunak.
All you had to do was click a link and fill in an online form to claim it. Kevin, from Basingstoke, in Hampshire, did just that, giving his
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