Top five email scams revealed
New research by Which? has revealed the top five email scams to be aware of this year. Bank scams, Paypal scams and tax rebate scams top the email phishing list in the survey of 2,016 adults carried out in January.
Email inboxes are a valuable target for scammers with 54% of respondents claiming to have been personally exposed to a scam, or have a friend or family member who had.
We asked those who had been exposed to scam emails what form that scam took. Below are the top five.