![]() ![]() ![]() Paul Davis, director of fraud prevention at TSB, said: "Households are bombarded with scam calls, texts and emails every day. Scottish Power scam alert as cash prize fraud sent in texts.Visa shares five dangerous tricks online criminals use in texts, emails and social media. ![]() New industry figures from Action Fraud show there has been more than £2 billion worth of reported fraud in less than a year. The bank said the average victim of such a fraud loses around £4,000, with Royal Mail, Amazon and BT being among the most-well known brands being used to dupe people. Impersonation fraud is an attack in which a criminal impersonates a company, business, organisation or individual as a key component to lure unsuspecting people into sending money to them. TSB is warning people to be on the lookout for scammers as reported cases of impersonation fraud have surged by 300% since 2019. ![]()
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