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By Jack Aitchison @jackaitchison15 Regional Audience and Content Editor, Scotland
The 10 common scams that police want you to look out for For the last year, heartless con-artists have tried to use the pandemic to scam vulnerable Scots. In January, Police Scotland issued a warning urging the public not to fall for their latest trick – where text messages were being sent to people telling them they were eligible for the Covid vaccine, before asking for their bank details. In light of rising cases, Trading Standards Scotland published their top phone scams in 2020. Posting on Twitter, they wrote: “We ve published a list of the top ten nuisance calls reported by Scottish consumers since the start of the pandemic.”
By Jack Aitchison @jackaitchison15 Regional Audience and Content Editor, Scotland
The 10 common scams that police want you to look out for For the last year, heartless con-artists have tried to use the pandemic to scam vulnerable Scots. In January, Police Scotland issued a warning urging the public not to fall for their latest trick – where text messages were being sent to people telling them they were eligible for the Covid vaccine, before asking for their bank details. In light of rising cases, Trading Standards Scotland published their top phone scams in 2020. Posting on Twitter, they wrote: “We ve published a list of the top ten nuisance calls reported by Scottish consumers since the start of the pandemic.”