Scams

  • 21 Jul 2019 11:16 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Mason Wilder, CFE, ACFE Research Specialist, breaks down a recent business email compromise (BEC) scam that left a Catholic parish $1.8 million poorer, and discusses how you can protect your organization from future cyber attacks.

    https://www.acfe.com/pcast.aspx?id=4295006372&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTkRoaU5EZzBaRFkwTmpnMCIsInQiOiJNcFh1akpZSTR4bWoyR1VWcVlDM0FJSUp1c0ljbmFVdktGMW1kd2NoXC9wSzRzQTl3WmQ5QXR4RlZUbW5DUzROdXUwUjBCS0pKcjY4ZzVOXC9NZnFHUENkZ1ZndERobVJCMmI1ZXM2dlpIR282V0FndTdzcGMwc1lIUE1lbEFDekFLIn0%3D#.XS-CMy0c6rM.twitter#.XS-CMy0c6rM.twitter


  • 21 Jul 2019 11:10 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    The UK’s is the world’s biggest target for phone scams, with 15 per cent of the world’s fraudulent telecoms traffic directed at British numbers, new research has found.

    https://www.techradar.com/news/uk-biggest-target-for-telecom-scammers


  • 21 Jul 2019 10:03 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Scammers are being targeted by a new tool for UK Facebook users that allows the reporting of fake adverts.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-48990993


  • 21 Jul 2019 9:24 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    The fight against fraud, bribery and corruption is never ending. Since the global financial crisis, authorities in the US, the UK and elsewhere have attempted to combat corporate malfeasance wherever it is found. Self-reporting has become one important mechanism, which, although risky, allows companies to benefit from deferred prosecution agreements (DPAs) and the reduced penalties they confer.

    https://www.financierworldwide.com/perils-of-self-reporting#.XTTN9vZFxYd


  • 15 Jul 2019 9:59 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    The bank has teamed up with Kurupt FM, from BAFTA-winning BBC TV show People Just Do Nothing, to help it target under-25s as part of an anti-scam drive.

    https://www.yourmoney.com/saving-banking/santander-enlists-kurupt-fm-crew-to-combat-fraud/


  • 14 Jul 2019 11:42 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Consumers are being warned to look out for automated phone calls pretending to be from their bank or card company, after a wave of reports of similar scams.

    https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/2019/07/new-warning-over-automated-scam-calls-/


  • 08 Jul 2019 9:26 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Access Bank customers who have received fake and phishing emails like the one below, which claim their account has been listed for suspension, are asked not to follow the instructions in them. This is because the fake emails are being sent by cybercriminals who are attempting to trick their potential victims into clicking on the links in the fake emails.

    https://www.onlinethreatalerts.com/article/2019/6/30/access-bank-account-suspension-due-to-errors-phishing-scam/


  • 08 Jul 2019 1:48 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Rogue traders who defrauded an elderly man of £72,000 have been successfully prosecuted by Southwark Council Trading Standards.

    http://www.journaloftradingstandards.co.uk/crime/money-mules-brought-to-justice/


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