STRAIGHT TO THE POINT

An online search reveals your husband is not the only one who has been targeted. One person who responded to the text says they were asked to pay a ‘nonresident tax’ for the prize to be released. Another says the con artist demanded a ‘courier fee’.

Do not respond to the message. report it to your provider and Action Fraud (0300 123 2040). I BOOKED a car parking space at Manchester Airport through Ryanair and was quoted £61.82.

But my PayPal statement said the airline had taken £73.82.

Its customer services told me to contact the airport. To make it worse, I had to cancel my holiday and parking due to ill-health. S. R., by email. A SPOKeSMAN for ryanair says it has investigated and refunded the full car parking charge.