Fraudsters swindle £15MILLION from victims using dating sites

Fraudsters swindle £15MILLION from victims using dating sites to offer bogus investments with the average loss per person £15,936 Hundreds of people reported being approached by criminals on dating sites  They are persuaded to take up investment opportunities which are fraudulent After taking money meant for stocks, shares and cryptocurrencies the fraudsters then cut all contact  Average … Read more

Rishi Sunak will launch £100million taskforce to catch the Covid fraudsters

Rishi Sunak will launch £100million taskforce to catch the Covid fraudsters who grabbed cash meant for hard-hit firms The Chancellor will outline the anti-fraud measures during next week’s budget He will create the Taxpayer Protection Taskforce with 1,265 staff at HMRC  They will track down criminal gangs responsible for millions in fraudulent claims Rogue employers … Read more

Rishi Sunak will launch £100million taskforce to catch the Covid fraudsters

Rishi Sunak will launch £100million taskforce to catch the Covid fraudsters who grabbed cash meant for hard-hit firms The Chancellor will outline the anti-fraud measures during next week’s budget He will create the Taxpayer Protection Taskforce with 1,265 staff at HMRC  They will track down criminal gangs responsible for millions in fraudulent claims Rogue employers … Read more

Online fraudsters hit lockdown shoppers

Online fraudsters hit lockdown shoppers as stolen payment cards for sale on ‘dark web’ rise By Neil Craven for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:16 GMT, 26 December 2020 | Updated: 22:58 GMT, 26 December 2020 Cyber security experts recorded a sharp rise in online shopping fraud in November as stores shut during the month-long … Read more

TikTok ‘broken TV’ prank sparked fake insurance claims from fraudsters pretending screen cracked

TikTok ‘broken TV’ prank has sparked wave of fake insurance claims from fraudsters pretending their screens are cracked Popular prank on TikTok tricks parents into believing their TV screen is broken Children are showing an image of a cracked screen and recording their reactions The prank has now caused a rise in fraudulent home insurance claims, says … Read more

Beware the internet car scams: How fraudsters con buyers

Online vehicle scams are on the rise with victims losing a total of £16.5million in nine months of this year alone, new research has revealed. This is up 10 per cent on the same months of March and November last year, according to data from Action Fraud. Vehicle scams often involve fraudsters posting images of … Read more

JP Morgan: Fraudsters pretend to offer inflation-beating savings bonds

Scammers are yet again targeting hard-up savers looking for a better return on their money by impersonating legitimate banks, with victims losing hundreds of millions of pounds since March. American bank JP Morgan Chase has once again been impersonated by fraudsters, who have pretended to be a little-known investment arm of the giant in an … Read more

Rishi ‘bounce back’ fraudsters caught red-handed

Two fraudsters operating out of a south London office block are swindling the taxpayer by arranging fake bounce back loans worth tens of thousands of pounds a time, the Daily Mail reveals today.  Our undercover investigation shows the business consultants brazenly helping clients claim the sham loans worth up to £50,000 each.  With a Covid-19 … Read more

The impersonation scams used by fraudsters as they steal millions of pounds

Scammers have used the chaos of the coronavirus pandemic to pose as everything from airlines, to mobile phone providers and streaming services and steal millions of pounds from victims in impersonation scams. Fraudsters have continued to cold-call victims stuck at home pretending to be their bank or the police to convince them that their money … Read more

Fortune in bounce-back handouts intended to help small firms during lockdown swiped by fraudsters

The £26bn coronavirus loans fiasco: Fraudsters have snapped up a fortune from bounce-back handouts intended to help small firms during lockdown Staggering potential bill revealed after investigation by National Audit Office The scheme was rushed out by Chancellor Rishi Sunak in May Mr Sunak promised they would provide a ‘quick and easy’ lifeline for firms  By … Read more