Coronation Street star Charlotte Jordan has been flooded with comments after branding herself 'obnoxious' on social media. The actress took to Instagram after appearing to have celebrated the New Year away from home.
15.12.2023 - 13:11 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Martin Lewis has issued a warning over vulnerable customers being targeted by malicious scammers.
It comes after UK banks warned that customers could have £100 million stolen from them throughout December alone. Speaking on The Martin Lewis Podcast, the money-saving expert himself said he was 'heavily involved' in the campaign to get scam advert regulation included in the Online Safety Bill.
He highlighted that regulation around harmful content online will take roughly 12 to 18 months to be implemented. However, he said Ofcom will likely only have the powers to tackle scam adverts in around two-and-a-half years.
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Because of this many social media users will still be at a high risk of falling for some scam adverts, including ones that use Martin Lewis' face which he stressed are always fake. Later on in the podcast, Martin provided some of his top tips to avoid scammers and potentially losing your money.
He said: "Always be vigilant when you're approached by a person or company selling you something you have not requested, cold calling is a warning. Never click links or call numbers, emails or texts, if you don't know who it's from.
"So check the URL or email address, hover your mouse over and it will give you the underlying URL. So it's perfectly possible I could do a link on a website that says 'Nihal Arthanayake' and you hover the link over and it links you to my website."
He continued: "To be honest the actual link you look at doesn't matter that much too because they could be defrauded. It used to be we said dodgy spelling and
Coronation Street star Charlotte Jordan has been flooded with comments after branding herself 'obnoxious' on social media. The actress took to Instagram after appearing to have celebrated the New Year away from home.
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