Overview
- Vehicles and vehicle accessories were the most reported purchase scams in 2025, followed by ticket scams, clothes and accessories, personal items, and driving lessons or tests.
- Reports of driving lesson and driving test scams rose by about 246% year on year, making them the fastest‑growing category.
- Lloyds customers reported average losses of £436 per case, with the largest single loss exceeding £1,700.
- Lloyds’ data indicates around seven in ten online shopping scams originate on Meta‑owned platforms, with earlier research tying more than 90% of reported Oasis ticket scams to those sites.
- The bank advises buying only from authorised sellers, avoiding bank transfers to unknown parties, using reputable instructors, and checking official government sites for documents, while urging social platforms to remove scam content and work with banks and regulators.