Fraud & Scams News

More than 33,000 Britons fell victim to devious impersonation scams in the first six months of this year, tricked into sending nearly £130 million to criminals pretending to be trusted...

Fraudsters took advantage of our reliance on online shopping and banking and lockdown money woes to con a record £2.3 billion from Britons last year.Between April 2020 and March 2021, more than...

Customers who haven’t updated their contact details with their credit or debit card provider may miss texts or calls requiring them to authorise payments, as providers introduce new fraud prevention...

The coronavirus itself isn’t the only predator stalking our streets. Fraudsters are taking advantage of consumers’ economic anxiety and new reliance on digital services during the lockdown to con them...

Shoppers looking for unusual gifts and Christmas deals on unfamiliar websites are at risk of being conned, according to research. One in four Brits has fallen victim to fraud while shopping for the...

The UK’s cyber security experts stopped more than a million cases of payment card fraud over the last year. The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has released its annual report, in which it...

Insurers detected 469,000 fraudulent and dishonest claims last year, according to data from the Association of British Insurers (ABI). That includes 98,000 fraudulent claims, valued at £1.2 billion....

Requirements that online shoppers enter a passcode sent to their mobile phones have been delayed until the beginning of 2021, to give retailers and banks more time to prepare. Strong Customer...

A recent study carried out by YouGov has shown that 1 in 12 people wouldn’t be able to differentiate a fraudulent £20 being spent on their account from a legitimate one. While 1 in 12 might not seem...

The UK’s agency for the defence against cyber-crime has issued a warning to shoppers that this year’s Black Friday sales could make them ‘prime pickings’ for some form of cyber-crime. With this year’s...