Nearly 45 million received scam calls in three months, Ofcom says
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- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
Almost 45 million people in the UK were targeted by scam text messages or phone calls over the summer, according to telecoms regulator Ofcom.
About half reported getting a scam call or text at least once a week.
A survey of 2,000 adults in September found that almost a million people had been misled by a message or a call which they received.
Text scams are most common among 16 to 34-year-olds, with two-thirds receiving one between June and August.
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