Top Scams After Your Money

24th February 2022

A recent study shows that 58% of Brits have handed over their personal information that has cost them financially through new online scams, and almost a third of those who said they were successfully targeted are under 35 year olds.

Dating apps and the Domino Pizza scams were most popular with 22% of those successfully targeting victims.

The survey conducted by Get Claims Advice, reveals that Brits are not being cautious when handing over their personal details. Online scams are growing rapidly, and in some cases are identical to the brands their acting as.

Brits revealed the top 5 scams they've been targeted successfully with by scammers are:

HMRC is aware of an automated phone call scam that will tell you
HMRC is filing a lawsuit against you, and to press 1 to speak to a caseworker to make a payment and even offer COVID finance support bogus tax rebates.

Dominos Pizza 50% off deal and Free Pizza is circulating via text message.

Royal Mail - Missed delivery, click the link to rearrange.

Amazon - Recipients of the scam are told that their Amazon account is locked and they must give personal and financial information over to prove their identity.

Dating apps

Netflix - Scam targeting customers claiming their account will be suspended;

We dived a little deeper into the research and found out that:

Manchester is targeted more with Netflix scams, with 21% saying they've been targeted specifically by this particular scam.

Leeds is reported to have been targeted most with Dominos pizza text scam, with 1 in 4 being successfully targeted.

Those in Scotland have been targeted the most with Royal Mail scams with 19% clicking on links.