Fake delivery scam texts soar in pandemic with 60% of Britons targeted

Consumer group Which? says fraudsters are operating on industrial scale'

Fake delivery scams have soared during the pandemic with more than 60% of Britons reporting receiving at least one such text in the past year, research from the consumer rights group Which? has revealed.

The scams are so prevalent that even entirely new mobile numbers, which have not been shared, are receiving fraudulent texts within days of new accounts being created.