A poll on the website of CIFAS – the UK’s Fraud Prevention Service has revealed that the fraud that most people fear is the use of their personal details to commit identity fraud. Link to article
Month: March 2013
Largest insurance scam uncovered
The police have linked 60 people with the massive fraudulent claim program which is among the biggest in the country. Link to article
Bogus E-mail Impersonating Delta Airlines
Internauts are suggested to neglect opening files attached to doubtful-looking scam e-mail that seems to be coming from Delta Airlines, said softpedia.com on March 6, 2013. Link to article
Email scammers using airline etickets as bait
Bogus airline emails are something to watch out for, along with those supposedly from banks and courier companies. Link to article
Blue badges and bus passes confiscated
Almost 70,000 blue badges and 100,000 bus passes have been confiscated as part of a huge drive to detect fraud by cross-checking official records. Link to article
UK’s largest cash for crash scams
Sixty people have been convicted of being involved in one of the country’s largest cash for crash scams. Link to article
Fake Holiday Club Scams
The basic tenet of this particular heist is the promise of a membership to an exclusive club which allows the victim access to a wide range of top class holiday destinations at vastly discounted prices. Link to article
The 9th Annual UK Ecommerce Fraud Report
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Top 5 Internet Scams of All Time
Internet scams have been around for as long as the internet itself, and sadly, millions have been taken in by them. Link to article
Identity crime fuels surge in UK fraud
UK fraud reached an all-time high in 2012 with the main culprit being an apparently unstoppable boom in identity fraud, the latest report from the Fraud Prevention Service CIFAS has reported. Link to article
Ten scams on the rise in 2013
There is one industry that is growing rapidly: financial scams. These range from the sophisticated to the downright weird – but all have the same aim: to relieve you of your money. Recent figures from the National Fraud Authority show that the total lost to individuals from fraud and other scams is more than £6bn […]
Advice for good password management
Consumers can take an important step toward protecting themselves by choosing a secure password. Here are some suggestions to keep in mind when creating or updating accounts: •Don’t use any word found in the dictionary or any personal information like your name, birth date, pet’s name, or the street you live on. And never use […]
Fraud Focus
This government is bringing a new focus to the collective response to tackling fraud. Link to article
Met calls for more regulation to stop ticket crime
The Metropolitan Police have called for new regulations and possible new legislation to tackle ticket fraud. The police authority highlights the issues around ‘ticket crime’ in a new report that capitalises on the work it undertook as part of Operation Podium to crack down on anyone selling tickets illegally for the London 2012 Olympics. Link […]
UK was world’s most phished country in 2012
Consumers and businesses in the UK lost an estimated £27bn in 2012 through cybercrime. More than £600m of this was through phishing attacks, making it the most ‘phished’ country in the world. Link to article
Top 10 scams to watch out for
Travel is one of life’s great pleasures, so it is little wonder travellers are more interested in researching which sites to see and which restaurants to visit than finding out what scams they have to watch out for. Link to article
Beware debt collection phone scams!
The BBB has recently received several calls from concerned residents concerning at least two variations of this type of scam over the last two weeks. Link to article
Google To Fix Password Security
Passwords are broken. Trying to protect your digital life with an online password is sort of like protecting your front door with a lock that can be picked with credit card. But amidst all the hand-wringing about hacks at companies like Twitter, Facebook, Apple and Burger King, there is some hope: two bright engineers from […]
Forget police and contact a call centre
From the end of this month it will be almost impossible to report fraud to the police. Victims, and anyone who suspects they are being set up by fraudsters, will be told to contact a call centre or go online and submit a form to a Home Office agency called Action Fraud. Link to article
Nfib Will Finally Combat Wine Investment Fraud
The start of 2013 has heralded many good headlines about the health of fine wine investment and it’s looking like a positive year for investors. Link to article