[ad_1] People must take personal responsibility to avoid falling for scams, a senior figure at UK Finance has said, as she warned that money lost to fraud was ending up in the hands of criminal gangs. Karen Baxter, who joined the banking trade body in October from her previous role as an economic crime commander…
[ad_1] Fraud warnings have been issued to online banking customers after a rise in text message scams targeting savings accounts as the tax-year draws to a close. Tens of thousands of scam messages, purporting to be from Barclays, Halifax, HSBC and Lloyds have been issued in the past week – asking account holders to verify…
[ad_1] 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 as trusted organisations, including…
[ad_1] 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 scale of fraud with…
[ad_1] 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 from fraud is “increasing”…
[ad_1] 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 700,000 used stamps, washed…
[ad_1] 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.”. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] 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 or username and password…