This report contains information for law enforcement, individuals, and / or organisations that may impact on an immediate basis and aims to be issued on a weekly basis. Longer term threats have can be found in the Cyber Enabled Fraud: Horizon Scanning document, which we aim to issue on a bi-weekly basis. We have included […]
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Police arrests 12 over alleged bank theft plot
Twelve men have been arrested following the discovery of a plot to steal millions of pounds by gaining remote access to the computers at a London bank branch of Santander. Link to article
Handling and Reporting Fraudulent e-Mails
There have been attempts to obtain payments from users of IATA products and services through fraudulent e-mail messages. Link to article
‘IATA’ fraudsters target travel agents
Travel agents are being warned to be careful after reports of fraudulent messages using the IATA logo. Link to article
Holiday Rental Fraud
Holidaymakers heading to some of the most beautiful areas in Europe are warned to be wary when booking their holiday accommodation through individual owners on popular rental portals as it is revealed that criminals are hacking into their email accounts and taking fraudulent bookings. Link to article
Sizzling summer sees fraudulent insurance claims rise
Insurers report rise in holidaymakers claiming on policies after cancelling pre-booked holidays to enjoy warm weather at home. Link to article
Don’t let ticket scams ruin a Disney vacation
A scam travel agency tricked a group of Tennessee dance students out of more than $60,000 by charging for Disney tickets and hotel rooms that they never booked. Link to article
Consumers favour reassurance over payment security
New Syntec research shows consumers positively favour brands and call centres providing tangible reassurance over card payment security. Link to article
Transfer firm denies online security breach claims
Resorthoppa and A2B Transfers have insisted their websites are secure following complaints posted online from customers claiming to have been victims of fraud. Link to article
Google scam email
Dear User Please note that your are running low of Subscription data, and your storage capacity has droped to (10.45MB) please take note , We will be force to Shut-Down your E-mail box if data exceed the above capacity . We advice you click here to update your account and increase your subscription data by […]
We lost £10,000 in holiday fraud
We paid £10,195 to Incentive Leisure Group for holiday club membership, but it went into liquidation. Link to article
Owners Direct in phishing attack
Owners Direct is reported to have been subject to a phishing attack after a villa owner’s email was hacked. Link to article
New scam pushes up card fraud losses
Online and phone scams rose by £36m to £337m in the last financial year, according to Financial Fraud Action, which is funded by the financial services industry. Link to report
The Little Book of Big Scams
Every year the British public loses billions of pounds to scammers who bombard us with online, mail, door to door and telephone scams. Link to report
Helping SME fraud victims to get their money back
Smaller businesses can ill-afford to lose money to fraud. It costs the sector around £9.54bn a year and victims are severely disadvantaged by a lack of initial crisis help and guidance on how to get their money back. Link to article
Know your business
Fraud affects 1 in 4 small businesses every year. Last year fraud losses to SMEs were estimated at £18.9 billion. Link to article
Threatening scam email from Action Fraud Team
An email circulating purporting to be from Action Fraud, threatens legal action because of failure to provide Western Union details to PayPal. Link to article
Email scam – advanced fee
Hello am here to inform you to contact, (UPS express) with your delivery address and telephone number, with The interest of your ($10.5million) will Deliver to you. this is their Contact info. registration code (DCJKT00678G) Dr.Michael Cena Email;(michealcena@superposta.com) Tel; +229-98 299 491 And please be inform that you are to send him the sum of […]
Scaremongering has to stop
The IT security sector is running the risk of harming its reputation with sensationalist claims, says one industry insider, after US vendor McAfee was forced to admit the $1 trillion figure it slapped on the cost of cybercrime was significantly overstated. Link to article
Manchester tops league of shame for cybercrime
Manchester has been named as the Europe’s top city for travellers to become the victims of cybercrime. Link to article