Frauds

A new anti-fraud campaign is highlighting a number of common car insurance cons amid fears that insurance fraud could be on the rise.

I’ve lost count of the number of times a marketplace trader has had a chunky sale from a brand new customer with zero feedback and requested advice on how to deal with them. Should they take the sale, or is a zero feedback buyer too high a risk?

A national campaign called ‘Stop the Scams’ has been launched by the insurance industry to help the public spot signs of scams and report them to the Insurance Fraud Bureau (IFB) Cheatline following predictions that insurance fraud will rise.

In June this year, Tellings Home Made Furniture Service "borrowed" £50,000 from a government Covid bail-out scheme.

The Society of Mortgage Professionals (SMP) has urged brokers concerned that a customer is attempting to commit mortgage application fraud to under no circumstances submit the proposal to a lender.

https://www.mortgageintroducer.com/society-mortgage-professionals-guide-prevent-fraud/

Over the past few months, an increasing number of businesses have chosen to shift their operations online as a result of Covid-19. However, many of these businesses are not prepared for some of the new an emerging trends related to online credit card fraud.

The CPS said John Knox played an active part in demonstrations at a Cuadrilla fracking site in Lancashire.

A serial ‘romance fraudster’ has been jailed for nine offences.

http://news.met.police.uk/news/man-jailed-for-fraud-offences-411327?hootPostID=22e3e55383eada944be0b979e131487c

Universal Credit claimants have been warned against trying to exploit loopholes to fraudulently claim extra cash.

Impersonation frauds almost doubled during the pandemic, as scammers scooped up around £208m from fake government loan forms, phishing emails and bogus websites.