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British businesses plagued by fraud

Identity checking website 192.com has launched the first ever Background Reports on UK residents, offering protection from deception and fraud. The reports launch as a 192.com poll found that one in 10 fake their address, 18% change their age, 28% have not been truthful about their salary or debt, and one in 10 will lie […]

12 Scams of Christmas

McAfee released its annual 12 Scams of Christmas list to educate the public on the most common scams that criminals use during the holiday season to take advantage of consumers as they shop on their digital devices. Cybercriminals leverage these scams to steal personal information, earn fast cash, and spread malware. Link to article

Carbon credit boiler rooms shut down

High-pressure scams persuaded elderly investors to part with thousands of pounds for worthless carbon credits. More than a dozen companies that “preyed on older people” through carbon credit scams have been closed by the industry’s regulator, a minister has announced. Link to article

Insurance fraud register

An Insurance Fraud Register (IFR) – a first industry-owned, cross-sector register of known insurance fraudsters – has been hailed by an insurance trade body as a ‘big ticket initiative’. Link to article

29 Arrested In £7.5m Credit Card Fraud

The European Cyber Crime Centre (EC3) and its global partners have arrested 29 as part of an investigation into a massive credit card fraud operation, which may have caused losses of at least $12 million (£7.5m). Crooks tampered with point of sale (PoS) systems to pilfer credit card data in shopping centres across Europe and […]

Fraudsters target BBC reporter in investment scam

Police have launched an investigation into a gang selling fake gold investments after they were exposed by the BBC. Victims handed over tens of thousands of pounds after being contacted at home and promised large profits. Link to article

Conman jailed over hotel scam

A conman who ran up large hotel bills and fled without paying a penny is today getting used to the surroundings of a prison cell. Posing as a businessman entertaining clients, Mark Leslie enjoyed luxury suites and fine dining at two top North East hotels. The trickster even took his family along for the scam, […]

The top 20 dumbest passwords

Adobe was recently hit by a massive hack-attack affecting over 38 million users and putting their classified information at risk including that of credit card details. It is indeed astonishing to find that despite the increased threat of every piece of information put on any tech company’s database being on the hit list of hackers, […]

Link between compromised cards and ID theft

A quarter of US consumers who had their payment card information compromised in a data breach last year experienced identity theft, according to a new report. According to the report, 15.8 million US consumers had their payment card compromised in a data breach last year and 4.4m of those affected suffered fraud on existing credit […]

Oyster card scam

Mariathas Thevathas, 54, docked a few pounds from thousands of transactions during an eighteen-month spell, leaving customers with less money on their Oyster cards than they had paid for. The Sri Lankan asylum seeker, of Catford, was sentenced yesterday to ten months imprisonment, suspended for two years, and ordered to perform 150 hours community service. […]

Fake Job Scam

Tuesday, November 5, 2013 Radisson Hotel London / Fake Job Scam Fraud Radisson Blu Hotel London 130 Tottenham Court Road London , W1T 5AY United Kingdom. Telephone: +44-701-003-1482 Fax: +44 (0) 20 73877394 Website:http://www. radissonblu.co.uk Sub: JOB OFFER LETTER/EMPLOYMENT TERMS & AGREEMENT. Atten: This is an Affirmation that you are short-listed and found suitably competitive […]

Common scams exposed

Half of Which? members have received a scam email in the past two years, according to our latest survey. To make sure you’re not caught out we’re exposing common scams and how to fight back. Our survey of 1,199 Which? members highlighted some of the common consumer scams out there, with phishing emails topping the […]

Car insurance scam

Danyal Buckharee created four websites offering cheap car insurance and used paid-for advertising to ensure his online enterprises appeared at the top of internet searches. Between May 2011 and April last year he used the websites to dupe 600 drivers into buying worthless policies over the phone, the investigation by City of London Police’s Insurance […]

Wine fraud paid for boob job

Former air hostess who boasted of lavish lifestyle after selling ‘plonk’ to investors in £4.5m wine fraud scam is jailed for four years. A fraudster who sold ‘plonk’ to hundreds of fine wine investors in a £4.5million scam to pay for her ‘boob job’ was jailed for almost four years yesterday. Dina Snelling, 35, blew […]

Man arrested for phantom airline scam

A Madrid man has been arrested by Spanish police after setting up a fake airline and cheating 67 “passengers” out of a total of €50,000, booking them on a flight to Paraguay that didn’t exist. The Spanish National Police have issued a press release (in Spanish) advising that 43-year-old Alberto Q.P. advertised himself as an […]