Category: Latest Fraud News

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

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, […]

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 […]

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