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Fraudsters target young victims with an average of four scam messages every week

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targeted by scammers since the start of the Covid pandemic and are now the most likely age group to fall victim to fraud. Research from smart money platform, Credit Karma, found that Millennials and Gen-Zers are being targeted by fake online retailers, social media scams and bank impersonators, as scammers get more creative to target a younger market.

Misconceptions are creating complacency as nearly two-thirds (64%) of under-35s believe that they would recognise a scam if they saw one, but stereotypes of typical victims being “older and vulnerable” have seen increasing numbers of young people caught out.

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