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Highly sophisticated scammers are luring more people into transferring their pensions into fraudulent schemes.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/consumer-affairs/red-flags-watchdogs-warning-pension-fraud-soars/
Pension scam victims lose an average of £91,000 each as fraudsters see the potential for looting savings pots.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-45170408
A man who says he narrowly avoided being defrauded of more than £6,000 after receiving false bank details from a hacked email account has taken to social media following “failed” efforts to raise the alarm.
http://home.bt.com/news/uk-news/man-details-failed-efforts-to-raise-alarm-after-6000-fraud-attempt-11364289686424
Between 2015 and 2018 he took out several separate motor insurance policies whereby he failed to disclose his previous motoring and criminal convictions to his insurer.
http://www.deeside.com/prolific-offender-given-18-month-jail-term-at-mold-crown-court-for-burglary-and-fraud/
However there has been a sharp 12% rise in fraudsters applying for plastic card accounts, while identity fraud against online retail accounts has risen by 24%, according to CIFAS.
https://www.herefordtimes.com/news/national/16418795.identity-fraud-falls-but-remains-uncomfortably-high-report/
Download this guide aimed at providing an awareness of bank mandate fraud, reinforcing this through real life case studies and practical advice on fraud prevention.
http://www.scotland.police.uk/assets/pdf/keep_safe/bank-mandate-fraud?view=Standard
A team of East London-based fraudsters who set up a ghost broking operation targeting minicab drivers have collectively been sentenced to 57 months suspended following being convicted of conspiracy to commit fraud.
https://www.insuranceage.co.uk/broker/3538831/ghost-brokers-in-dock-after-esure-and-police-uncover-racket
Almost five million people had money stolen from their bank or credit card account last year, at a cost of around £840 each
https://www.independent.co.uk/money/spend-save/card-account-fraud-jumps-40-year-stolen-cybercrime-theft-take-five-a8484521.html
A mother-of-three has avoided jail for pocketing £32,000 in a benefit fraud.
https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/plymouth-news/jade-elsey-plymouth-city-college-1884209
A father and son-in law who defrauded an elderly Shropshire man out of more than £14,000 by carrying out shoddy and overpriced work to his home have been jailed.
https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/crime/2018/08/04/family-trio-jailed-after-elderly-shropshire-victim-defrauded/
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