Police have caught a conman who sent thousands and thousands of scam text messages to Brits worried about coronavirus. Mohammed Khan, 20, from Camden, London, pleaded guilty to two charges after being arrested last week following a police raid on his home.
Khan admitted sending fraudulent text messages pretending to be from the government offering tax refunds as a result of the pandemic.
Messages included links fake government websites, designed to trick people into giving away personal and account details. Commander Karen Baxter of City of London Police said: “Criminals are seeking to profit on people’s anxiety during the pandemic, by using a national crisis to defraud their victims. "We’re doing what we can to bring these people before