taking advantage of the pandemic. yes, it seems criminals have taken advantage of our anxieties during the pandemic to try to catch us out. £3115 million has been stolen by fraudsters over the last year. the scams can be very convincing. millie clark received what she thought was an email from her phone company, asking her to update her payment details. then, a few days later, the scammers called claiming to be her bank. this time they got her login security code and used all the info to clean out her accounts. she lost thousands of pounds. ijust wasn't on the ball because, you know, my business had just shut because of the pandemic. so, i'm self—employed, i've got no income, the last thing i need is my bills to not be going through. i don't trust anyone now. they still try and ring me — even now! because i guess once they've got your details, then they'll keep trying. the impact it's had on my mental health — i mean, i didn't get out of bed for about a week. i just couldn't.