HMRC, Royal Mail, Natwest, NHS: Covid scams to look out for. (PA/Canva) Covid scams continue to target people and prey on their fears about the ongoing pandemic. It’s important you are aware of the cons doing the rounds to give you the best chance of keeping your finances and personal details safe from fraudsters. Scammers will often make contact via email, phone calls and texts. They can uses sophisticated methods to exploit people, playing on concerns about the vaccine rollout, the economy and more. Here are the Covid scams to be aware of as the nation endures a third national lockdown: