Trading standards staff in York have won a landmark case after successfully prosecuting the man behind a Microsoft computer scam which tricks customers into paying for free anti-virus software. Link to article
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Police make dawn raid on car fraud gang
Police made a dawn raid on four houses which were home to a Romanian ‘car fraud gang’, and seized £30,000 in cash and a top-of-the-range BMW from the house at the centre of their £1 million scam. Link to article
Help tackle cyber crime
The Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU) based in the City of London Police has today called upon advertisers and brand holders to continue to support its work to tackle Intellectual Property crime following the launch of its Infringing Website List (IWL). The IWL, the first of its kind to be developed, sets out to […]
Leaders of cheque scam gang jailed
The gang cashed fraudulent cheques at pawnbrokers and cheque cashing agencies in Liverpool and surrounding areas. Some of the 26 members allowed fraudulent cheques to be paid in to their bank accounts. Link to article
Fight against credit card fraud
The Home Office today unveiled plans to fight criminal gangs responsible for steep rises in UK credit and debit card fraud. A new police unit will be launched on Monday as a two-year pilot scheme to focus on card counterfeiting, which has become the UK’s worst type of card fraud. Link to article
Banks should treat card fraud victims better
More than 1.5 million people have cash stolen from credit and debit cards every year, with one in ten wrongly denied a refund by banks. Thousands of victims of card fraud wrongly denied refunds could finally get their money back from banks that try to avoid paying compensation, it has emerged. Link to article
Tourist Scams
Few things are going to cause you stress on a trip abroad, like getting cheated, duped, taken advantage of or just plain screwed over. When we travel, we often let our guard down, because we’re curious about people in our host country, we want to be liked, and we want to believe that we’ll be […]
£150,000 paid to tour operator goes missing
Police are investigating the disappearance of around £150,000 paid by a school to a tour operator for a dream Caribbean sporting holiday for pupils that never materialised. Parents of children at Wrekin College, near Telford, Shropshire, had forked out thousands of pounds for the luxury sunshine break to Barbados on April 7. But they were […]
Fraud probe over collapsed golf tour firm
A criminal investigation is expected to be launched into a Yorkshire tour operator that took about £500,000 for overseas trips that it allegedly never booked. More than 200 people, including a number of charities, have been left out of pocket following the collapse of Augusta Golf Tours Ltd. Link to article
Raids on frauds involving credit hire cars
A total of 17 people have been arrested in raids across England by detectives investigating criminal gangs making false insurance claims for courtesy cars provided to motorists while their own vehicle is being fixed. Link to article
Cheap Flights Ticket – bogus websites
Welcome to Cheap Flights Ticket! Your online travel agency. As one of the world’s leading online travel companies, we make it easy to plan your next business or leisure trip. Explore our site, mobile apps, and Facebook page to discover destination ideas, get information about flights, hotels, car rentals, cruises and more, then book and […]
WestJet warns about ongoing phone scam
WestJet today issued another warning to Canadians to avoid sharing their credit card numbers and other private information with fraudsters posing as WestJet or WestJet Vacations. Link to article
Why So Many Retail Stores Get Hacked
When a big retailer gets hacked, it’s often quick to note that it has complied with cybersecurity rules set by the credit card industry. MasterCard (MA), Visa (V), and other card companies require retailers to pass an audit sanctioned by the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Security Standards Council, an industry group. Link to article
Mexico holiday swindle
A woman who tried to claim a refund on a £5,000 holiday she hadn’t finished paying escaped a prison sentence after she admitted fraud. Kimberley Hooper, 29, booked a holiday to Mexico through the travel agent Holidays Your Way Ltd in Cwmbran, where she worked as a telesales assistant. Link to article
ABI confirms £11.7m investment in IFED
Police department will use the money to recruit more detectives. The ABI has confirmed that it will extend its funding of the Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department (IFED) for at least another three years. The £11.7m investment will allow IFED to expand its operations and hire more detectives to the 38-strong unit, which is dedicated to […]
Travel agent stole 100k from Bridlington firm
The manager of a travel agency falsified records and accounts to fund expensive holidays for herself and her family, a court heard, reports the Hull Daily Mail. Belinda Traves, 51, has gone on trial accused of stealing and defrauding £100,000 from Bridlington-based Holiday Travel, a family-run firm that had employed her for 11 years. Link […]
Call clearing time to be slashed to prevent fraud
Criminals are exploiting the lengthy call clearing times to trap gullible victims. UK phone companies are modifying their networks amid increasing fraud in a bid to drop features that are exploited by cyber criminals. Link to article
Fraud from stolen bank cards highest since 06
Fraud due to stolen credit and debit cards has risen to its highest levels since its peak in 2006. Some £58.9million was lost in 2013, marking a 7 per cent increase on the previous year. The total rises to £450.4million when crimes such as identity theft, cloned cards, computer viruses and internet scams are included […]
Email scams: a neat trick to sniff them out
If you receive an email that seems dodgy, here’s an easy trick for testing its trustworthiness. If you receive an email that seems dodgy, an easy trick for testing its trustworthiness is to run the screen cursor over any embedded links, according to a German computer magazine. Link to article
Stay off the sucker lists
Unfortunately, that seems to be the current thinking of today’s con artists who, according to a new survey, are specifically targeting consumers who have already fallen victim to a scam. Below, I’ll explain how this fraud works, so neither you nor your parents get fleeced. Link to article