'Business Secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg says messages asking for people to provide personal or financial details to receive support should be treated as fraudulent activity, as no applications are required.
Consumers are being warned they may be targeted by scammers as the government's energy price guarantee comes into effect.
Messages asking for people to provide personal or financial details to receive support should be treated as fraudulent activity, as no applications are required, the business secretary has said.will be applied automatically to bills each month between October and next March. And the Energy Price Guarantee, which will limit the amount households pay per unit of gas and electricity, comes into effect from today.said:"Unprecedented government support is beginning this weekend, protecting families and businesses across the country from what was going to be an 80% increase in energy bills this winter.
"I also urge people today to stay alert to scams. This support will reach people automatically and there is no need to apply." Earlier this month, Action Fraud - the UK's national reporting centre for fraud and cybercrime - said nearly 1,600 reports had been made to the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau about scam emails purporting to be about energy rebates from regulator, Ofgem.
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