Action Fraud have issued a fresh warning after it was revealed more than £50 million were lost to scams after victims were tricked into handing out their hard-earned cash.
The shocking figure comes as new data from the national reporting centre for fraud and cybercrime reveals that 20,144 people fell victim to scams where they were persuaded to grant criminals remote access to their device.
Sadly it was also discovered that each person who fell victim to the scams was said to, on average, lose a total of £2,868 with a total loss of £57,790,384 lost amongst all victims.
