Payouts for victims of sweepstake with no winners
Thousands of victims enticed to pay a fee for a cash prize that never came will now get some good news….
Cifas, the fraud prevention organisation, said it was seeing a rise in phishing emails claiming to be from utility companies offering savings on energy bills, as well as offering fuel vouchers, fake jobs and money-making opportunities. These emails were becoming increasingly sophisticated, as were the websites which were used to collect people’s personal information.