Frauds

An advertising campaign in October aims to raise awareness of romance fraud and provide protection advice to the public.

Romance fraud has cost the county over £900,000 in the past 13 months, say Suffolk police as they back a national awareness campaign.

She thought she had met the love of her life on a dating website – only to discover he was an “evil” fraudster, taking advantage of her affection so he could swindle her out of £63,000. And now, this Suffolk woman is speaking out about how she became victim to a “manipulative” con – as Suffolk police revealed £907,800 had been lost in romance scams in the county during the past 13 months.

More than 600 reports of romance scams per month were made to Action Fraud during June, July and August, as dating fraudsters have been exploiting victims’ desire for human contact during the lockdown.

People are getting into relationships with fraudsters who convince them to hand over money online, police have warned.

Dreams of finding ‘the one’ have cost people living in Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and Powys more than £1.3 million, Dyfed-Powys Police has revealed.

More of us are going online to find relationships, but for scammers, it's the perfect opportunity to steal from you. Make sure you don't become victim to romance fraud.

Fraudsters are pretending to be police officers to con vulnerable people in Telford.

International maritime fraudsters commit insurance fraud, forge bills of lading and invoices, tamper with ship fuels and much more. Maritime fraud slows supply chains and jacks up prices for products around the globe. Here’s how to find it and ameliorate it.

Police officers in Scotland dealt with far fewer violent crimes, housebreakings and road casualties while the country was in lockdown, according to new statistics.