According to the banking industry body UK Finance, UK consumers were scammed out of a record £479 million last year, with a five per cent annual rise in money lost by customers unwittingly sanctioning payments to criminals. This included a 94 per cent increase in “impersonation scams” where criminals posing …
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Another offered a shopping list of “scam pages and live panels” for TSB at £200 a shot, Barclays at £200, Lloyd’s at £175, HSBC at £150 and Halifax for £125. Other sites touted included Ebay, Apple Pay, PayPal, EE, Netflix, DVLA, HMRC and Royal Mail. UK Finance data showed the …
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Action Fraud said that having a national system allows law enforcement to see the whole picture. It is currently working to create a “new and improved next-generation service”. Angela McLaren, assistant commissioner for economic and cyber crime at the City of London Police, which includes Action Fraud, said the threat …
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A man has been jailed for washing 700,000 used stamps and selling them on as new as part of a $A470,000 scam. Working alongside his wife, the mastermind fraudster bought a BMW with a personalised number plate and took a holiday with the criminal proceeds. Paul Harrison, from Barnsley, bought …
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ID Thieves Turn to Snail Mail as Juicy Target for Financial Crimes … Service, with a limited number of references to the United Kingdom's Royal Mail.”. Source link
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Published Oct 31, 2019 at 11:56 am (Updated Oct 31, 2019 at 11:56 am) Members of the public are reminded to be wary of any e-mail claiming to be from a local bank that requests verification of online banking credentials …
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