One in four residents in Belfast (26%), Edinburgh (24%), and Brighton (24%) have been targeted by doorstep scammers over the last year, research has found.
A poll of 2,000 adults found that 22% feel their neighbourhood has seen an increase in scammers since March 2022 – with 15% of the population having been targeted during this time.
The top types of scams that are on the rise include fraudsters trying to sell goods at an inflated price, or falsely claiming to represent energy firms (both 26%) – and 17% have also reported dodgy contractors as increasingly common.
