Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 6:44 pm on 12 June 2019.
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. I am pleased to move this short debate today and have agreed to allow Michelle Brown speaking time in this debate. We are facing an epidemic in Wales. The Welsh public are being targeted by ploys to swindle them out of their hard-earned money, ploys that are becoming more and more sophisticated and increasingly targeting our elderly and the most vulnerable in our society. Customers receive fake e-mails purporting to be from their bank or credit card company seeking to extract personal details and attempting to glean their passwords. Fake ads and copycat websites are set up impersonating well-known brands in order to sell fake products. People are accosted on their doorstep by others selling fake investment opportunities, shoddy goods and products they neither need or want. Families are targeted by mass mail promoting fake competitions, lotteries and goods. The postal service is also used to con people into paying for goods or services they never ordered or even received in the first place.