SPIKE IN SCAMS CONS UK CONSUMERS OUT OF GBP2.3 BILLION IN A YEAR
July 1st, 2021
A “devastating” spike in scams as criminals exploit the Covid-19 pandemic and a related surge in online shopping, saw UK consumers conned out of GBP2.3 billion (USD3.14 billion) in a year, according to Britain’s Consumers’ Association, also known as ‘Which?’ The conclusion come from analysing crime figures from reports to Action Fraud, the country’s national reporting centre for fraud and cybercrime. In the year to April 2021 there were 413,553 reported incidents of fraud in the UK – a 33% rise on the previous 12 months – and considerably ...
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