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Over a third of UK adults have been the target of a scam since lockdown began
Posted 15 June 2020 | JoTS Online
Content Tags: Updates|Crime|National
UPDATES: Citizens Advice polling shows a third of UK adults were targeted by scammers during lockdown, with disabled people, shielded consumers and those hit financially by the pandemic facing heightened risk.
Polling conducted on behalf of Citizens Advice shows a third of adults in the UK have been targeted by scammers during lockdown - and that certain groups are at increased risk of being contacted by a scammer: <ul> <li>Of those with a disability or long term illness, 45% said they had been targeted;</li> <li>Half (50%) of those at an increased risk of coronavirus o...
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