Scammers are always looking for new ways of scamming. When Covid began they were charging people for tests and PPI. People shopping online are asked for payments for undelivered parcels, or warned that their accounts have been hacked and they need to transfer their cash. The energy crisis is generating new scams.
Scammers often try to panic people into doing something stupid. One going the rounds is a message, supposedly from your child in an emergency situation, asking for cash. Many of these scam enterprises are run as businesses. The BBC news website had a story recently about people being offered lucrative jobs abroad, then being forced to work as 'slaves' in scam call centres, or grooming gangs online.
The safety rule is to stop and think, don't rush into anything, check the email address is authentic, and check on the
contact by another route. Remember that genuine businesses, banks and government departments will never ask for bank details or private information by email or phone call.