All categories of scams have been increasing recently.

This may be due to better reporting but is also likely to be caused by increased scammer activity.

Category of Scam	2019 (first half)	% Increase
Impersonation	£35 M	6%
Fake Bills	£ 21 M	45%
Investments	£43 M	108%
Invoices	£56 m	7%
Fake Purchases	£28 M	43%
Advance Fees	£8 M	38%
Cheque Fraud	£29 M	789%
Romance Scams	£8 M	50%
Mobile Banking Fraud	£5 M	33%
Telephone Banking Fraud	£12 M	2%

 

Statistics are from UK Finance for the first half of 2019 compared to first hale of 2018.

If you have any experiences with scammers, spammers or time-wasters do let me know, by email.