According to government figures in the UK alone £350m has been taken from scamming and fraud last year.

Scamming can take so many different forms that it is hard to write about all of them but the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has 3 interactive guides available for 3 of the most popular mass marketed scams in the UK.

• The prize draw scam mailing
• The bogus lottery mailing
• The fake clairvoyant mailing

You may not think you are going to be taken in by a scam but some are so convincing these days you could easily become a victim, so the OFT site is def worth a look.