So while last week I looked at the new scams on the block, this week I'm going to highlight some of the worst of the rest. Boiler rooms(Image: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images)Boiler room scams are confusingly named. £207.8 million was lost to push payment fraud in the first half of 2020 according to UK Finance. Then they get you to transfer money or pinch it themselves. Courier fraudThis kind of fraud works in the same way as push payment scams.

Source: Daily Mirror October 04, 2020 06:00 UTC