Police Warn of £15m Courier Scams.
Police are urging the public to be vigilant after revealing that thousands of people fell victim to so-called “courier fraud” last year, leading to losses in excess of £15m.
Some 3625 Brits were conned in 2021, with scammers using a variety of tactics to trick them into handing over cash, cards or expensive items to a courier dispatched to their address.
The City of London police force, which runs the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB), said there were four common types of courier fraud, all of which usually start with an unsolicited telephone call:
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