The consumer champion explains why it’s crucial the new online safety bill includes fraud and con adverts

The text message from HMRC about a Covid-19 refund, the email about a mysterious DHL parcel that couldn’t be delivered, the breathless Facebook post from Martin Lewis, urging you to invest in bitcoin – scams are a daily hazard of modern life.

Yet Lewis, the consumer champion who sued Facebook to force them to remove the fake adverts using his name, says that ministers have given fraudsters an “open charter” by failing to tackle online fraud.

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