Aviva has called on the UK government to act now to stop the rise in the number of financial scams, as its research found two in five (42%) people have been targeted by a Covid scam.
The scale of fraud has accelerated through the coronavirus pandemic, which has resulted in a deluge of opportunities for fraudsters over the last year. Aviva's research found two in five (42%) people have been targeted by a Covid scam. This is a 91% increase over the last year in the number of people who reported receiving emails, texts, phone calls and other communications mentioning coronavirus, and which were suspected to be a financial scam, Aviva said in a statement announcing its findings. The findings come in The Aviva Fraud Report, which found consumer confidence in online ser...
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