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Gareth Norris, Senior Lecturer, Department of Psychology, Aberystwyth University

Email scams are getting more personal – they even fool cybersecurity experts

If an email is setting off alarm bells, check the sender's details Shutterstock

We all like to think we’re immune to scams. We scoff at emails from an unknown sender offering us £2 million, in exchange for our bank details. But the game has changed and con artists have developed new, chilling tactics. They are taking the personal approach and scouring the internet for all the details they can find about us.

Scammers are getting so good at it that even cybersecurity experts are taken in.

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