Scams

  • 04 Nov 2018 10:21 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    The sole boss of a concrete driveway company, who conned victims across Kent out of thousands of pounds, has been sentenced to more than three years in prison.

    https://kccmediahub.net/concrete-driveway-installer-jailed-fraud-money-laundering745

  • 04 Nov 2018 10:19 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Fraudsters scammed nearly 49,000 older people across the UK in the past year, equivalent to almost six reports every hour, a BBC investigation has found.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-45590333

  • 28 Oct 2018 10:12 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    The telephone scam, which has been attempted across the county, relate to a caller purporting to be a police officer investigating an incident of fraud.

    https://www.cumbriacrack.com/2018/10/22/public-asked-to-be-vigilant-following-fake-police-officer-scams-in-cumbria/

  • 28 Oct 2018 10:11 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    By giving away too much personal information on social media, 21 people a minute are targeted by fraudsters in the UK.

    https://www.yourmoney.com/saving-banking/dangers-oversharing-social-media-revealed/

  • 22 Oct 2018 3:51 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    The elaborate hi-tech sting involved using apps to clone the phone numbers so as to make calls and texts appear genuine, so duping unsuspecting targets.

    https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/40-000-stolen-in-hi-tech-banking-scam-in-west-lothian-1-4812249


  • 22 Oct 2018 3:51 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    A total of 1,073 people in the capital fell victim to crooks pretending to be from “tech support” attached to big firms such as Microsoft or Apple .

    https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/don-t-fall-scammers-police-105710443.html


  • 22 Oct 2018 3:50 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    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


  • 22 Oct 2018 3:49 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    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


  • 15 Oct 2018 12:27 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    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/

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