Consumers asked to hand over received scam letters

CONSUMERS are being asked to hand in letters they have received as part of money-making scams as the Government aims to raise awareness of mass-marketed cons.

The Office of Fair Trading warned that just over four million adults in the UK responded to a scam, of which a third lost money as a result.

It said that consumers are being targeted by e-mail, text message, letter and on social networking sites as thieves try to trick them into handing over cash.