This article is updated regularly.
In March 2022, Louise Baxter (Head of the National Trading Standards Scams Team) teamed up with James Walker (CEO of Rightly) to produce a weekly scams article with the Daily Express. The newest article goes live on the Daily Express' website every Wednesday and you can find links to them all below:
16/03/2022 - Fake charities exploiting the crisis in Ukraine
23/03/2022 - Energy bill telephone scams exploiting the cost of living crisis
30/03/2022 - WhatsApp messaging scams posing as friends and family
06/04/2022 - Lottery scams in the post
13/04/2022 - Clairvoyant and psychic scams in the post
20/04/2022 - Urgent parcel scam text messages
27/04/2022 - Websites leaking your data
04/05/2022 - Holiday scam emails
18/05/2022 - Cryptocurrency phone scams
15/05/2022 - Telephone scams from your 'bank'
22/05/2022 - Telephone scams from a courier
01/06/2022 - Spotting a scam website
15/06/2022 - Fake delivery messages
29/06/2022 - How to work out if it's your bank calling
06/07/2022 - Fraud email from PayPal
13/07/2022 - Prime Day hoax emails
20/07/2022 - Royal Mail text message scams
27/07/2022 - Signs your relative may be getting scammed
10/08/2022 - Inheritance tax text messages
31/08/2022 - Cost of living scams
21/09/2022 - Avoiding subscription scams
21/09/2022 - Cost of living crisis frauds
28/09/2022 - Four signs your new job is a scam
05/10/2022 - Facebook Marketplace scams
26/10/2022 - 'Fattening up' scams
23/11/2022 - Cost of living scams - government grants
14/12/2022 - Counterfeit goods
21/12/2022 - Martin Lewis scams
11/01/2023 - Scam emails and texts
25/01/2023 - Ofcom's spoofing scam warning
01/02/2023 - How to spot scammers in your inbox
08/02/2023 - £95m on romance scams each year
15/02/2023 - Advance fee fraud - how to spot
22/02/2023 - Are your details being traded on the dark web?
01/03/2023 - Weight loss scams
09/03/2023 - Social media 'scraping'
22/03/2023 - Is your digital footpint putting you at risk of scams?
