Frauds

Telephone fraudsters pretending to be the police are calling homes in the #telford area. Never agree to go to your bank and give money to a courier. Hang up, call the police. Real officers are aware and investigating

https://twitter.com/WMerciaPolice/status/1213412070546452480/photo/1

Make vulnerable and elderly relatives aware and share the advice below

https://midlandsfraudforum.wildapricot.org/sys/website/system-pages/?pageId=18010

Make no mistake about it, insurance fraud is a punishable crime – this is the main takeaway British giant Aviva is highlighting after winning against a fraudster, who now faces one and a half years in jail.

https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/uk/news/breaking-news/aviva-fraudster-slapped-with-18month-imprisonment-210638.aspx#.XiL2OiRXS5g.twitter

CAP hpi is urging motor dealers not to fall foul of a new type of scam emerging in the used car market.

https://www.motortradenews.com/news/dont-get-caught-by-used-car-clearance-fraud/

A fraudster has been sentenced after he impersonated his wife on the phone to try and fake his own death in Pakistan and make a false life insurance claim worth a total of £999,999.

https://www.mortgageintroducer.com/fraudster-sentenced-after-1m-fake-death-claim/

Two Derbyshire pensioners have told how they fell victim to scammers who rang them at home and conned them out of thousands of pounds.

Fans of the Big Mac may end up lovin’ this truly bizarre story of fast-food fraud. The new HBO docuseries McMillions tells the stranger than fiction tale of the McDonald’s Monopoly game scam. It’s the kind of super-sized corruption story you couldn’t make up if you tried. “This story has got everything,” as those interviewed in the trailer point out, “revenge, drugs, greed, Ronald McDonald.”

https://www.refinery29.com/en-gb/2020/01/9190139/mcdonalds-monopoly-scam-documentary-mcmillions

A woman from Hove has been spared prison by a judge over an £80,000 “right to buy” housing fraud.

Using the pioneering Martello counter-fraud strategy, we have secured the discontinuance of a £165,000 claim for injury, loss and costs stemming from a genuine accident.

http://www.mondaq.com/uk/x/882402/Insurance/FunDoughMental+Dishonesty+Bakers+Dishonesty+And+Exaggeration+Costs+Him+Dearly

A fraudster has been locked up for 28 months for trying to sit other people’s driving theory tests – including in York.

https://www.yorkmix.com/jailed-fraudster-who-tried-to-sit-another-persons-driving-test-in-york/