Scams

On average, 1 in 10 user-reported emails is identified as malicious, and more than half can be tied to credential phishing, a Cofense report reveals

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252450479/Some-10-of-user-reported-emails-malicious

Consumers lost about £93 million to scams – where they were tricked into transferring money directly to a fraudster – in the first half of 2018 alone.

https://www.scotsman.com/business/the-warning-signs-everybody-needs-to-know-about-scams-1-4814623

Flintshire Trading Standards has said it has have become aware of a new telephone fraud.

http://www.deeside.com/flintshire-trading-standards-warning-over-new-hacking-fraud/

Check an investment or pension opportunity you’ve been offered and avoid scams

https://www.fca.org.uk/scamsmart?utm_source=hants_pcc&utm_campaign=fraud_october

A serial eBay fraudster who sold £1.1 million of non-existent goods on eBay over a 10-day period in the run-up to Christmas has been jailed for 13 years.

https://tamebay.com/2018/10/ebay-fraudster-jailed-13-years-1-1m-scam.html

Self-employed workers are being warned not to fall for fake phishing emails claiming that they're owed a tax refund.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/money/7395111/scammers-target-self-employed-fake-hmrc-emails/

A woman has been jailed for pretending to raise money for the funeral of a four-year-old girl and using it to buy drugs.

https://www.bicesteradvertiser.net/news/national/16963546.woman-jailed-for-fraud-over-four-year-olds-funeral/

A fifth man has been arrested and charged in relation to a rogue trader scam that conned elderly victims out of almost £60,000 after a police appeal to find him.

http://b31.org.uk/2018/10/charged-fifth-man-arrested-over-rogue-trader-roof-scam/

Action Fraud launches a campaign to warn people about the threat of Computer Software Service fraud, one of the country’s most reported top five frauds.

https://www.actionfraud.police.uk/news/victims-report-losing-more-than-21m-in-one-year-to-computer-software-service-fraud-sept18

Action Fraud, the specialist nationwide reporting point for cyber crime run by City of London police, has launched a campaign to educate people about Computer Software Service fraud.

https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/fake-computer-help-fraudsters-steal-21m-22-000-010500064.html