Scams

A rogue trader has been fined more than £7,000 for fraudulently carrying out roofing repairs at a property in Park Hall, Oswestry at ‘an overly inflated price for significantly substandard work’.

https://www.shropshirelive.com/2023/10/13/news/rogue-trader-fined-more-than-7000-for-fraudulent-roof-repair-work/

Bargain hunters are being warned about criminals offering fake “clearance” and “closing down” deals.

Bogus sales are typically advertised on social media or through fake websites, and often draw on brands that have been in the news recently announcing store closures, Santander said.

https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/scam-warning-bargain-hunters-browsing-112546055.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=tw&tsrc=twtr

There are many different types of cryptocurrency and investment scams. They can be very convincing, and anyone can be caught out.

Here’s our guide on what these scams generally look like, how to protect against them and what to do if you’re a victim.

Risk factors as we age can be social, emotional/psychiatric, and cognitive.

Financial scammers often target seniors, thinking that seniors are not of sound mind and that they have plenty of money in the bank.

Scams and financial abuse targeting older adults are vastly under-reported. Victims include both wealthy and low-income older Americans. In 2021, over 90,000 older Americans over age 65 were victims of fraud, estimated at $1.7 billion in personal losses.

Scam victims have been warned to watch out for cruel fraudsters who are stalking social media offering to help them recover their lost money.

Consumer group Which? is cautioning people who have recently fallen victim to a scam be on their guard against fraudsters contacting them and claiming they can get the money back. Usually the criminals will try to the victim to part with more cash as a fee to recover the losses, then disappear.

Six fraudsters who conned elderly residents out of £10.5 million for over-priced and often unnecessary home improvement work have been sentenced to a combined total of 22.5 years at Nottingham Crown Court today (7 September 2023).

https://westbridgfordwire.com/six-fraudsters-jailed-for-10-5-million-home-improvement-scam/

Martin Lewis’s Money Saving Expert website has issued a warning about a new Wilko scam that could leave people thousands of pounds out of pocket.

Scammers have taken advantage of the chain store going into administration as Wilko begins to offer enticing sales.

William Henry Jones, previously of Butts Field, Hailsham, pleaded guilty at Lewes Crown Court on Monday, August 14 to fraud and money laundering offences, said an East Sussex County Council spokesperson.

https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/despicable-hailsham-builder-jailed-fraud-092607871.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=tw&tsrc=twtr

A bar owner was scammed out of more than £10,000 by fraudsters pretending to be his bank.

Justin Loblack opened "The Mad House" bar on Pink Lane, Newcastle in December last year, where patrons can sit around a bathtub, bed and hob while they drink.

Trading standards have been trying to help a woman who lost £40,000 in an online scam.

Janet Quinn, the scams lead officer for Heart of the South West Trading Standards office, said online cryptocurrency fraud is on the rise.