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Elly Rewcastle

Warning over fake weight loss supplement emails that aim to steal your information

Action Fraud, the National Fraud and Cyber Crume Reporting Centre has issued a warning of a weight loss scam targeting people for their personal information. The organisation says it has received more than 300 reports about scam emails that are purporting to sell health and weight loss products.

It says that these emails, which claim to offer a variety of products that can help with losing weight, are designed for scammers to steal personal and financial information. It says that there are links within these emails that lead to malicious websites and warns anyone who receives a suspicious email to avoid clicking any links.

Action Fraud says that anyone who receives an email they believe to be suspicious can contact the company or organisation directly. However, users are reminded that they should not use any information from an email and instead go directly to a company’s official website.

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Fraudsters often use very legitimate-looking websites to dupe users into believing that they are from the real deal. However, links direct to other sites that are primed and ready to steal your information and gain access to your computer.

Often, the contact details on these scam emails look legitimate, luring in suspecting victims. This is why you should always go around any suspicious emails and find the information directly from the company’s official website first.

If you have been sent a suspicious email, don’t click on any links, instead you can report it to Action Fraud by forwarding it to the email reporting service at report@phishing.gov.uk.

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