NatWest Launches Anti-Scam Board Game in Christmas Season

NatWest, the UK's leading retail and commercial bank, launched a anti-scam board game, 'All Mod Cons', to help local people understand the prevalent types of scams.

The game can be played by four to six players. Players need to avoid being scammed and hold on to their 'money' as they play.

The bank hopes that the board game will spark discussion about scams among families and give players an idea of how to spot, avoid and report different types of scams in real life.

TV presenter Jeff Brazier and his son were invited to film a promotional video for the game.

NatWest said the bank's fraud team worked with a team of game developers to create the board game and that the choice to produce the game was linked to the bank's fraud prevention-themed research.

The research found that 67% of adults in the UK would like to learn about the different types of scams and how scammers operate to avoid becoming a victim of fraud. In the past year, 13% of UK adults have lost money to a scam. About 70% have been targeted victims of scams.

In addition, the research found that phishing, impersonation, cryptocurrency refund and refund scams, romance scam, get-rich-quick scams and shopping scams were the most common in the past year. The Christmas season is one of the busiest times for scammers, which is why the bank has launched the game at this time.

Stuart Skinner, Fraud Expert from NatWest, said: "The festive season is a time to spend with family having fun, but the fun can quickly end if one of you is hit by a scam. Our ‘All Mod Cons’ campaign has been created to help increase knowledge of scams by getting people talking and learning about them, which is a major step in combatting them."