Cold-calling bonanza for scammers as they steal £24m in one year

摘要

Phone scammers have become more successful at stealing money from victims over the past 12 months. According to Financial Fraud Action UK, the amount of money conned out of people over their phone has tripled to an estimated £23.9m. Some victims have been defrauded by as much as £100,000. FFA UK, which manages fraud-prevention work for banks, building societies and payment-card companies, said the most common trick involved fooling people into thinking the caller is phoning from the police, a computer company or a bank.