Third of adults targeted by scammers during pandemic, study by Citizens Advice Cymru reveals This article is old - Published: Sunday, Dec 20th, 2020 A North Wales MS has issued a plea to “stop the scammers” after research showed a third of adults have been the target of a scam since the Covid19 crisis. Polling conducted on behalf of Citizens Advice Cymru also showed that certain groups were at an increased risk of being contacted by a scammer, often those who could least afford it: – Of those with a disability or long-term illness, 45% said they had been targeted – Half (50%) of those at an increased risk of coronavirus or shielding had been contacted