New research by Citizens Advice has discovered that millions more people have been targeted by fraudsters as the cost of living crisis continues to put the squeeze on household finances.
The charity found that more than three quarters of UK adults said they have been targeted by a scammer this year - a 14 per cent increase over the same period last year.
The most common types of scams reported included deliveries, postal or courier services (55%), someone pretending to be from the UK government or HM Revenue and Customs (41%), someone offering a fake investment or financial 'get rich quick' schemes (29%), rebates and refunds (28%), banking (27%), online shopping (24%), health or medical (13%) or energy scams (12%).
