Scammers stole an estimated £7.5bn from Brits in the last year, according to a fraud prevention service.

One in ten scam victims were targeted by fraudsters and over half (62%) received at least one scam message a month.

A total of 58% of the 2,000 adults surveyed by the Global Anti-Scam Alliance and Cifas also acknowledged a significant rise in scam encounters over the past year.