Which? Magazine recently started a scam sharing service, as they call and have released their first statistics on the scams reported to them.

These show-

• Telephone scams – 36% of contacts
• SMS test scams – 31%
• Email scams – 22%
• Online – 7%
• Social media – 3%
• Letter – 0.7%
• Doorstep – 0.3%

It’s not surprising that doorstep scams are very rare in the days of the pandemic, but it is surprising that such a small percentage of scams reported were started on social media.

Other data suggests that many criminals have moved their illegal activities online during the pandemic so online fraud is more prevalent than ever.

Take care, especially online and do sign up for the Which? Scam alert service

at https://conversation.which.co.uk/money/scam-alert-service-email-announcement/

If you have any experiences with these scams do let me know, by email.