Just as the trade tries to rebuild itself after the Covid crisis, there’s an old villain back in town: fraud is swiftly approaching pre-pandemic levels, with the cost of living crisis among the driving factors.
At least two TTNG members have been scammed in recent weeks, the consortium said (Credit: iStock)
Action Fraud, the UK’s national reporting centre for fraud and cybercrime, received 4,244 reports of holiday and travel-related scams for England, Wales and Northern Ireland during the 2021/22 financial year alone – a year during which it must not be forgotten that travel, for the most part, was restricted.
This compares with 6,646 reports during the unrestricted period, from 1 March 2019 to 29 February 2020.
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