Why Hate Junk Mail?

Mail scammers con public out of '£2.4bn a year'

Vulnerable people are increasingly falling victim to scammers using tricks like bogus lotteries and fake prizes, to con them out of their life savings.
It is estimated the letters con people into parting with around £2.4bn every year.
The BBC's Panorama programme has been investigating the problem as Tom Heap reports.

Mail scammers con public out of '£2.4bn a year'

Vulnerable people are increasingly falling victim to scammers using tricks like bogus lotteries and fake prizes, to con them out of their life savings.
It is estimated the letters con people into parting with around £2.4bn every year.
The BBC's Panorama programme has been investigating the problem as Tom Heap reports.

Mail scammers con public out of '£2.4bn a year'

Vulnerable people are increasingly falling victim to scammers using tricks like bogus lotteries and fake prizes, to con them out of their life savings.
It is estimated the letters con people into parting with around £2.4bn every year.
The BBC's Panorama programme has been investigating the problem as Tom Heap reports.

Royal Mail delivering 'human tragedy' of scam mail

BBC Panorama investigates the link between Royal Mail's finances and the 'scam mail' letters arriving in Britain's letterboxes.

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