Covid phisher faces jail

A cruel conman masterminded a ‘sickening’ coronavirus swindle to scam people who are ‘worried, petrified and fearful’ of the illness. Mohammed Isthyaq Hussain Khan, 20, today (fri) admitted sending thousands of fraudulent texts and emails inviting unwitting victims to fill in their bank details in exchange for ‘a Covid-19 tax break’. The messages contained logos that ‘are remarkably similar to UK government websites so one would think it was from Her Majesty’s government’. The victim’s personal information was sent to…