A fraudulent travel agent who never booked a family’s trip worth nearly £7,000 has avoided a prison sentence. Ellen Harrison, who owned the Turkish Riviera Travel agency in Hull, took the booking from the family for the Titanic Beach Lara Hotel near Antalya, the Daily Mail has reported. However, the 49-year-old then used the £6,800 […]
Category: Latest Fraud News
Top ten tips on preventing fraud in the workplace
Fraud perpetrated by either management or employees accounted for 80 per cent of the financial loss through fraud experienced by UK businesses in 2012. This figure should not be ignored by any organisation. The number of cases involving employee fraud rose to 35 in 2012, up from 22 the year before, according to KMPG. Their […]
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
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Fraud cases up 60% as criminals head online
The number of frauds recorded by police has risen by nearly 60 per cent in five years, according to newly released official crime figures. Link to article
Consumers consider ID fraud their biggest risk
Over a third of consumers (36%) believe that they are most at risk from identity fraud, compared to online or credit card fraud, recent research reveals. Link to article
Tackling haj travel fraud
Up to 25,000 British Muslims travel on the haj pilgrimage every year. But there are growing concerns about the number of people being ripped off by fraudulent travel operators. Link to article
Travel agent fraudster escapes jail
A travel agent who admitted conning customers out of thousands of pounds for dream holidays which never materialised has escaped jail. 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
Bank card fraud highest since 2009
Card fraud hit its highest half-yearly level since 2009 as fraudsters tricked consumers into handing over details. Link to article