Personal finance experts have issued a new warning after a string of text and email scams around the Winter Fuel Payment. Earlier this year, the Winter Fuel Payment was reinstated for millions of pensioners after it had previously been changed to a means-tested benefit, which cut the number of recipients from around 11 million to just 1.3 million.

Experts are warning that scammers are trying to take advantage of confusion surrounding the benefit and the process for receiving payments. MoneySuperMarket Energy has found several variants of the scam, with text messages purporting to be from the Department for Work and Pensions, non-existent Department of Pensions – or the fictitious ‘Department of Energy’.

As part of the phishing scam, victims are told they are eligible for a payment but

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