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Law enforcement, government and private sectors partners are working together to encourage members of the public to be more vigilant against fraud, particularly about sharing their financial and personal information, as criminals seek to capitalise on the cost of living crisis. Criminals are experts at impersonating people, organisations and the police. Stop: Taking a moment […]

More than 200,000 potential victims in this country alone have been directly targeted through the fraud website iSpoof. At one stage, almost 20 people every minute of the day were being contacted by scammers hiding behind false identities using the site. They posed as representatives of banks including Barclays, Santander, HSBC, Lloyds, Halifax, First Direct, […]

BARGAIN HUNTERS are being urged to bolster their cyber security in the approach to the festive season after new figures revealed victims of online shopping scams lost on average £1,000 per person in the same period last year. Scams ranged from one shopper losing more than £150 trying to purchase a mobile phone on social […]

Social media accounts are being hacked and flooded with indecent images of children, potentially causing distress and reputational damage to the account holder. Since January 2022, 325 people have reported falling victim to this type of hack. Analysis of crime reports by the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau indicates that criminals may be targeting social media […]

Energy prices are set to increase on 1 October 2022 and in the last two weeks, more than 1,500 reports have been made to the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB) about scam emails purporting to be about energy rebates from Ofgem, the independent energy regulator for Great Britain. In the two weeks from Monday 22nd […]