Dating cons and dodgy apps among most common scams, says UK watchdog

Which? magazine also lists fake missing person appeals among most widely used deceptions

Dating cons known as pig butchering", fake missing person appeals and dodgy apps are among the most widely used and convincing scams in circulation this year, according to Britain's leading consumer watchdog.

Pig butchering - so-called by fraudsters because they fatten up" the victim by forming a romantic connection before executing the investment part of the scam - has been flagged by Which? magazine as one of the most pernicious scams.