Britons said they have received a fake delivery text over the last year, according to consumer

Christmas parcel delivery scams have risen tenfold from last year due to the increasing skill of

APost Office text sent to Brits claimsthe recipient’s parcel delivery failed and has been returned

It said: “ Scammers may sometimes contact you pretending to be from Ofgem.... Ofgem would never sell you energy, ask for personal information.” Fraudsters are also attacking victims via email and on the phone.... In one case, the criminals impersonated Eon and told recipients that they had been overcharged and were eligible for an ￡85 refund. They were asked to follow a link that took them to a webpage that mimicked an Eon login page....

growth in businesses texting customers. Known as “ smishing ”,-con artists send messages to mobile phone

A criminal network based in the Costa Blanca region of Spain is reported to have scammed over

them claw back losses from an original scam.... is calling for the Government's Online Safety Bill

. Victims would only realise that they were scammed after noticing unauthorised transactions on

example, a scam text message purports to be from the secretary of the treasury and asks the recipient to

of potential scams involving criminals impersonating HMRC. Multiple scam texts, emails, and phishing