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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Hilary Osborne

‘Free hamper – just pay P&P’: the scam offers targeting your bank details

a picnic hamper on a field
If you’ve eagerly responded to an email or advert for a chance to win a gift, quickly check your bank and credit card statements. Photograph: Radu Bercan/Alamy

There’s no such thing as a free lunch, they say, and the same may be true of hampers, laptops and chainsaws.

Scammers are using emails, text messages and social media adverts promising goodies such as afternoon tea from Marks & Spencer and tools from Screwfix to lure you into handing over your payment card details.

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