NatWest customers are being warned to watch out for emails from criminals posing as the bank, as the number of targeted scams has surged.

According to Action Fraud, the UK’s fraud reporting centre, there have been 151 reports of scam emails impersonating NatWest in just two weeks.

The fraudulent emails claim that the contact number linked to the victim’s bank account has been changed, prompting them to click a harmful link to “cancel the request.”

People who receive these emails are urged not…