Scammers are continuing to target people in new ways, with victims now being asked to buy gold to hand to a courier working for the police.

We’re delivering coffees, Manna CEO Bobby Healy told me in a recent episode of the TechFirst podcast. We’re delivering burgers and fries. We’re delivering ice cream, broccoli, melon, you name it, we’re delivering it. And it arrives perfect …

This is the face of a courier who was jailed last week for his part in a scam which saw criminals posing as police officers target elderly victims.