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Two Victim Support case workers are proving a “valuable addition” to Sussex Police’s efforts to tackle online romance fraud, which nationally cost victims £41 million last year.
https://www.policeprofessional.com/industry-viewpoint/putting-the-block-on-romance-fraud/
Three men sentenced for cash for crash deception
http://news.cityoflondon.police.uk/r/1148/cash-for-crash_fraudsters_sentenced_after_cunning
Contempt proceedings were brought on behalf of Admiral Insurance following the failed attempt by the three Defendants to make fraudulent insurance claims in relation to a staged road traffic accident.
https://www.clydeco.com/blog/insurance-hub/article/fraudulent-claims-result-in-custodial-sentences
According to the 2018 Cifas Fraudscape Report, application fraud in motor finance increased by 47% between 2015 and 2017.
https://www.motortrader.com/blogs/guest-blog/motor-finance-growing-problem-identity-fraud-23-11-2018
One in five (22%) people have been defrauded via their credit card in the last year, according to a survey of 2,000 UK adults commissioned by comparethemarket.com.
https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/76482/credit-card-fraud-index-41-billion-stolen-as-a-result-of-credit-card-fraud-in-the-uk-in-past-year/retail
A fraudster has been pretending to be a police officer to withdraw money from bank accounts in Telford.
https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/crime/2018/11/23/public-targeted-by-bogus-police-officer-in-telford-fraud/
Mary Banks died four weeks after her bank card was stolen, as police release CCTV images of a woman wanted over the fraud.
https://news.sky.com/story/police-hunt-woman-after-10k-stolen-from-dementia-patient-91-laying-in-peterborough-hospital-11554123
Staffordshire Police are investigating after the woman, who has not been named to protect her identity, met a stranger on Scrabble app 'Words with Friends' who then seduced her and conned her out of tens of thousands of pounds.
https://www.expressandstar.com/news/crime/2018/11/16/stafford-woman-loses-30k-to-romance-fraud/
A Cheshire set up rent-to-buy scheme, targeting vulnerable victims and promising them that through the scheme, he would successfully obtain a mortgage for them, allowing them to purchase the property of their dreams.
https://northyorkshire.police.uk/news/property-scam-fraudster-jailed-for-3-years-9-months/
A man who used fake details to make fraudulent dental and optical claims for himself and a fictitious wife and children has been sentenced.
http://news.cityoflondon.police.uk/r/1143/fraudster_sentenced_after_making_false_health_cla
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