People are being urged to look out for energy scams as criminals seek to exploit the cost of living crisis.
As people struggle, criminals are capitalising on the cost of living crisis by targeting people with fake offers of utility bill discounts and support payments. According to Vouchers.co.uk findings, people could be at risk of losing up to £2,849 or worse - their bank account contents and savings.
Mitchell Baxter, money-saving guru from Vouchers.co.uk, said: “ With the cost of living crisis putting millions of Brits out of pocket, more are likely to fall for circulating scams that are aiming to exploit the vulnerable. The best advice we can give is if the offer seems too good to be true, it usually is.