Unattributed: Fraud or scam

A scammer no longer needs to break into your bank account to steal your money. An investment advert on Instagram or a convincing WhatsApp message can be enough to persuade you to send it yourself. That shift is showing up in the UK’s fraud figures. Investment scams cost UK victims £221.5 million in 2025, up The post The £221 Million Scam Epidemic Hiding on Social Media appeared first on BeInCrypto .

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Sources

• https://beincrypto.com/uk-investment-scams-banks-wirex-fraud/

Record history

First seen: 2026-11-05T09:48:11.000Z. Last updated: 2026-11-05T10:44:14.769Z. Revision: 1.