The Latest Scams To Watch Out For In The Lead Up To Christmas

The scams are ramping up as we head into the busy Christmas New Year period with parcel phishing, dodgy toll payment portals and compromised business emails making it very difficult to know what is a real link, what is a real communication and what isn’t a scam trying to fleece us for our money.

Today, we take a look at some of the biggest scams doing the rounds right now and how - especially in the midst of some of the country’s worst data breaches - you can avoid falling victim to yet another attempt at tricking you online.

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Host: Emma Gillespie

With thanks to: 

Katherine Mansted - CEO of CyberX

Producer: Claire Murphy

Executive Producer: Liv Proud

Audio Producer: Thom Lion

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