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Man jailed for part in £1 million ticket fraud
Greenwich man has been jailed for his part in an “elaborate” £1 million train ticket fraud in which a stolen machine was used to forge tickets. Robertas Vaitkevicius, of Uplands Close, was one member of a five-person gang who sold around 15,000 fake weekly zone 1-6 travelcards between January 2012 and October 2013 when they […]
1m customer details stolen in Orange data breach
Orange’s online customer portal was hacked for the second time in a three month period, resulting in the theft of 1.3 million users’ data. The breach occurred in mid-April, when a software platform used by Orange to send promotional messages was hacked, according to Reuters. Email addresses, phone numbers and dates of birth were accessed […]
Get the low-down on today’s sophisticated fraudsters
The figures come from new research by Citizens Advice to coincide with Scams Awareness Month, a campaign that runs throughout May, to warn about the devious con artists preying on hard-up households. Some of the most commonly-reported scams include counterfeit cheques, fraudulent lenders offering loans to get hold of personal details, dating scams, ticket cons […]
Employee dishonesty: do you know your staff?
According to its research, employee fraud is as prevalent as customer fraud, with perpetrators becoming increasingly imaginative. CIFAS recorded a 71% increase in unsuccessful fraudulent attempts to obtain employment. These involve individuals submitting false information as part of the recruitment process (such as incorrect qualifications or falsified credit histories). The second most widespread fraud is […]
7 out of 10 frauds are now cyber crimes
Cyber crime is driving a huge surge in fraud offences, with seven out of 10 scams now involving an IT element, a police chief warned today. Detective Superintendent Pete O’Doherty, head of the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau, likened the offence to “modern-day burglary”. He said: “From what I see day in and day out, cyber […]
Villa Parade company at centre of scam
Travel watchdogs are investigating a bizarre mix-up over a Huddersfield holiday company. Dozens of customers of Villa Parade have received emails from another travel company, telling them their holidays will not be honoured. In some cases, the holidaymakers have paid out thousands of pounds for villas in the Spanish sun. But Villa Parade have hit […]
Fraudsters steal £10m in City boiler room
Matthew Noad and Clive Griston’s victims included a blind 89-year-old man, and an 87-year-old retired teacher, who both lost almost £100,000 of their savings. The scammers have been jailed for nearly five years after an investigation by the City of London Police. Between 2005 and 2010 Noad and Griston persuaded hundreds of investors to buy […]
Police suspect fraud at bankrupt Air Finland
A criminal investigation has been launched into the bankruptcy estate of Air Finland, commercial broadcaster MTV reported on Friday. The leisure-flight airline abruptly went out of business nearly two years ago, leaving thousands of creditors. According to MTV, Eastern Uusimaa Police are investigating a range of suspected crimes including aggravated accounting fraud. The broadcaster says […]
Scam attacks target World Cup ticket buyers
Football fans face five main threats from cyber scammers ahead of this summer’s World Cup, internet experts have warned. Illegal ticket touts, fake England shirts and unofficial Fifa apps that could infect devices have already been detected two months before the tournament kicks off in Brazil. Link to article
Holiday villa fraud
In May last year we used the HomeAway property rental website to book a two-week holiday in Barbados, departing in February. The apartment was owned by a British woman who lives on the island. We received email confirmation that the weeks we wanted were still available and were asked to transfer £945 into the account […]
Don’t Let DDoS’ get your site down
Remember life before social media? How quiet and content we seemed to be? How the only place we got our information was from the local news or cable outlet? Maybe a phone call, or via email? Today however, we seem to be inundated with information, with raw unfiltered data, left to our thoughts and perceptions […]
Over 60 % of fraud is data driven identity crime
CIFAS – the UK’s Fraud Prevention Service warns that six out of every ten frauds recorded to the CIFAS database in 2013 were dependent on the abuse of identity details. As previously revealed in this year’s Fraudscape report, the use of fictitious identities or the abuse of identity details to obtain a product or service […]
Holiday Extras investigates security breach
Holiday Extras is investigating how the email addresses of nearly 5,000 of its customers were wrongly shared online. It is contacting 4,852 customers to tell them about the security breach, which it blamed on a mistake by one of its marketing partners. In a note to its customers, Holiday Extras assured them that their payment […]
Property fraud victim criticises sentence
A man swindled out of almost £50,000 in a Spanish property fraud has criticised the length of the sentence given to the woman who stole his money. Chris Faloon handed over £48,000 as part-payment for an apartment that he thought he had bought. But when he went to inspect the property, the real owner was […]
Most wanted men in Cyprus revealed
A new search has been launched to find some of the UK’s most-wanted fugitives thought to be hiding in Cyprus. Christakis Philippou, 70, also known as Christakis Chrysostomou, is wanted by the Met Police after he was convicted of being involved in scams in which travel agency businesses were used to defraud 20,000 people Link […]
Heartbleed bug: which passwords should you change?
The Heartbleed bug is thought to have affected two thirds of web servers worldwide. A web encryption flaw known as the ‘Heartbleed’ bug has made headlines this week, after it emerged that attackers could exploit the flaw to steal passwords, credit card details, encryption keys and other sensitive data, without leaving any trace. Link to […]
70 arrested in action day tackling airline fraud
On 8 and 9 April 2014 law enforcement agencies from across the world, supported by the European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) at Europol, joined forces with the airline, travel and credit card industries in the largest ever attack upon online fraud and illegal immigration. Rapid increases in Internet-facilitated crime have left millions of innocent people affected […]
Travel firm used as front to launder £84k
A travel agency and money transfer business was used as a front to launder more than £84,000 cash, which was found stuffed into Tesco carrier bags. Fly London Travel in Preston, owned by businessman Salauddin Patel, was under observation in May 2012, after officers from the Organised Crime Division monitored text messages they believed to […]
Agent convicted of fraud told to expect prison
A travel agent who stole thousands of pounds from the family-run business where she worked has been told to expect a prison sentence after being convicted by a jury. A jury of eight men and four women found Belinda Traves guilty of three counts of fraud and three of theft, totalling £13,302. Link to article