Scams

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.

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.

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/

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

Police in the UK have issued a warning about a bank scam so obvious it's hard to believe anyone could fall for it.

https://www.essexlive.news/news/essex-news/police-warning-over-bank-scam-3034880?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar

MORE than five million people in the UK have fallen victim to financial scams as fraudsters become more sophisticated in cheating them out of their cash, a study found.

https://www.express.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/1142044/phone-fraud-web-fraud-how-to-protect-yourself

Fraudsters posing as government tax officials are using Welsh Assembly phone numbers to threaten people, who are then making panicked return calls.

From fake romances to computer virus attacks, investment fraud and bogus tradespeople, it's important that you are able to spot a scammer before they scam you. But where are the highest levels of fraud in the country?

https://www.housebeautiful.com/uk/lifestyle/a28113662/top-fraud-scam-locations-uk/

THE prevalence of scams and fraud, both online and via telephone have prompted Monmouthshire County Council Trading Standards team to support a new National Scams Awareness campaign which aims to raise the profile of the variety of scams and tricks that are currently taking place across the UK.

http://www.abergavennychronicle.com/article.cfm?id=117176

A retired nurse had £10,000 swiped from his bank account by heartless fraudsters.