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Royal Mail, HMRC, banks and the NHS - urgent warning to Brits at risk of scams. (PA/Canva) As Covid lockdown restrictions begin to ease across the UK Brits should still be wary of opportunistic fraudsters taking advantage of the current situation to exploit people. Lockdown restrictions and a rise in online shopping or banking throughout the pandemic has seen a rise in scams. It is important you are aware of the scams doing the rounds to give you the best chance of keeping your personal details safe. Scammers will often make contact via email, phone calls and texts using sophisticated methods to exploit people while there are so many concerns from the vaccine rollout to the economy.