COULD YOU SPOT A SCAM?
WOMAN'S OWN|May 22, 2023
The number of people falling victim to fraud is on the rise
TRACY GAYTON
COULD YOU SPOT A SCAM?

Whether it’s a phone call from your ‘bank’ asking you to transfer funds, or an email from a ‘friend’ asking for money, we’ve all become a lot savvier about identifying a scam.

But in June last year, Citizens Advice warned that more than three quarters of UK adults had been targeted by a scam in 2022 – a 14% increase compared with 2021.

And in the first half of 2022 alone, criminals stole a total of £609.8 million. With scammers seemingly upping their game, coming up with even more convincing ways to deceive us, we speak to two women about their experiences with fraudsters…

‘We felt so foolish’

This story is from the May 22, 2023 edition of WOMAN'S OWN.

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