The Metropolitan Police has issued a warning for consumers over fraudulent Rugby World Cup 2015 tickets, which went on sale on 1 January 2014. The Met’s Operation Sterling team issued its alert after it uncovered evidence that tickets for the event – held across venues in England and Wales in September/October 2015 – are already […]
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Air passengers target of short message scam
Air passengers are warned to be careful of short message scams that claim that their flights are delayed or cancelled and seek bank account details with promises of refunds. Link to article
Insurance firm recovers estimated £37 million
A BOLTON firm responsible for crushing insurance fraud rings around the UK has issued a stark warning to potential cash-for-crash drivers hoping to profit in the new year. Link to article
Rental Car Damage scam
You’ve been on vacation for the last two weeks and don’t have a care in the world, driving around in a rental car that you are just returning as you get ready to hop on a plane to your next destination. You drop it off in the lot and go into the office so they […]
Fake Travel Agency scam
This is one of the most common travel scams, especially when hot destinations are on everybody’s mind. Link to article
Customers warned of fraud risk
Insurance firm Staysure has written to more than 90,000 customers to warn they could have been victims of fraud after a cyber attack. Link to article
Cybercriminals – 5 targets in 2014
Internet security firms Fortiguard Labs, Websense Security Labs, Symantec, Trend Micro and Sophos have all issued their predictions about whom cybercriminals and hackers will be targeting in 2014, and many of them follow similar themes. Here’s a round-up of the top five predicted targets. Link to article
When Fraud Prevention Gets in the Way
Online merchants must balance protecting customers with giving them what they want. Anyone who’s driven a car with a manual transmission understands the challenge of getting the perfect balance between the clutch and gas pedals. Too much of one or the other causes stalling and unintended traffic jams. If you leave the clutch in, the […]
250 calls a week about scams on Gumtree
Police receive 250 crime and fraud allegations a week connected to the online ‘small ads’ service Gumtree. After a young mother tried to sell her four-month-old baby on the website, it has now emerged that criminals are using Gumtree to target consumers. Many people turned to the site to find bargain Christmas presents and January […]
Investment scams to avoid in 2014
The average amount of money victims lose to an investment scam is £5,887, Which? research has found. When it comes to investing, risk and reward go hand in hand. And with savings rates failing to beat inflation, it may be tempting to take a chance on something racier to get a better return. But there […]
UBS Investment International
Mr. David Hodgkins UBS Investment Bank, London, UK, EC1YDR. My name is Mr. David Hodgkins, the Manager of UBS Investment International. We have idle funds lying in an investor portfolio for over 6 years. I am therefore looking for someone to trust who will stand to receive the funds without hitches. All confirmable documents to […]
Newest Fraudulent Trend in Hotels
Hotel guests using gift cards as a form of payment are usually not causes for suspicion but with the latest trend in credit card fraud, hotels are in serious danger. Credit card thieves are reprogramming the magnetic strip on prepaid gift cards in order to artificially inflate the spending limit. It is nearly impossible to […]
Fraudster jailed after targeting Tube ticket machines
25-year-old Alexandru Munteanu from Waltham Forest placed the device onto six ticket machines at London Underground stations in June and July. The device was made up of a pin hole camera and a card reader and used at Buckhurst Hill, Epping, Loughton, Theydon Bois and West Ham. Link to article
Ticket fraud targeted in operation on buses
Members of Lancashire County Council Safer Travel team recently carried out an operation with Stagecoach around fraudulent ticket use on the buses. Over the last few weeks a number of fraudulent tickets have been found in circulation on several of the Stagecoach services, operating around in and around the Preston area. Link to article
Target card heist hits 40 million
Payment details from up to 40 million credit cards could have been stolen after they were used in the stores of US retail giant Target. The retailer said it was investigating after discovering that thieves had gained access to its payment systems. The data breach began around 29 November, known as Black Friday, one of […]
Man Jailed for Phishing Scam
Olajide Onikoyi stole a total of £393,000 from 238 victims, including one who lost £19,000. Nigerian Olajide Onikoyi, 29, of Blackley, Manchester, was recently sentenced to three years and nine months in prison for his involvement in a phishing scam targeting students in the UK. Link to article
Fraudsters target ski tourists
Travel agencies have warned of a new internet scam targeting holidaymakers who are booking skiing accommodation online. Some people have transferred thousands of pounds to conmen posing as the owners of luxury chalets. Chalet operator Consensio Holidays has asked for dozens of fraudulent chalet listings to be taken down from rentals websites. Link to article
The 12 cyber-scams of Christmas
This Christmas looks like being a bumper one for online shopping but not everyone is filled with the festive spirit and some have already set online traps they hope you will fall into. Link to article
Four arrested over London-based £1m cyber theft
Four people have been arrested and £80,000 in cash seized following the suspected theft of £1m from two banks. Some customers had inadvertently downloaded software enabling their money to be siphoned off, police said. During raids at properties in Enfield and Islington on Tuesday, police also removed a live hand grenade. Two men, aged 31, […]
Fraud prevention key for businesses
According to a recent European Commission report, the UK had the second highest rates of online sales with around three quarters of consumers (71%) purchasing something online in the last 12 months. That compares to The Netherlands (which was top with 74%); Germany (63%); France (58%) and Belgium (44%). Link to article