Scams Awareness

OFT launches 'Scamnesty' as new figures reveal scale of problem and rise of online scams

1 February 2010

The OFT today launched its 2010 Scams Awareness Month by highlighting how scammers are targeting unsuspecting people using increasingly sophisticated and manipulative tactics.

New research for the OFT reveals the scale of mass-marketed scams in Britain, which arrive by post, email, text, phone or the internet and aim to mislead people to part with their cash.

Click here for further information on this campaign from the Office of Fair Trading.