Frauds

DVLA chiefs have warned motorists how to protect themselves from scammers. Experts made the shock warning on Twitter and claimed simple errors could lead to drivers identities being stolen.

https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/cars/1187930/dvla-car-scam-text-message-email-fraud-uk

A WOMAN who claimed she was disabled and a single parent in order to scam £260,000 in benefits was on Friday (11) jailed for two years.

FRAUDSTERS are suspected of targeting a website created to refund Thomas Cook customers, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has said.

Mobile ad fraud is an issue for everyone working in the programmatic industry, and it’s clear that there is an overwhelming tide of parties committing it.

Retail and commercial bank TSB is implementing a new security solution to combat payment fraud.

A woman who claimed she was disabled and a single parent in order to scam £260,000 of benefits, and was later caught living with her partner and seen dancing at a wedding, has been jailed, prosecutors said.

https://www.expressandstar.com/news/uk-news/2019/10/11/woman-jailed-for-scamming-260k-in-benefits/

“The improbable can happen. But when a number of improbabilities occur consecutively within a short period of time it is very difficult to accept that they are coincidences.”

The City of London Police's Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department (IFED) are supporting the Motor Insurers' Bureau (MIB) Operation Drive Insured, a national campaign to catch uninsured drivers.

http://news.cityoflondon.police.uk/r/1275/ifed_warn_drivers_of_ghost_broking_in_support_of_

The UK has seen a 5pc increase in mortgage fraud in the first six months of 2019 compared to the last six months of 2018, according to the Cifas ‘Faces of Fraud’ campaign.

https://www.professionalsecurity.co.uk/news/commercial-security/mortgage-fraud-rise/#.XZnlA1MKwyA.twitter

A convicted rapist has been jailed for nine years after faking his way to a multimillion-pound National Lottery win with a counterfeit ticket in a “sophisticated and carefully planned” ruse.

https://www.herefordtimes.com/news/national/17948010.convicted-rapist-jailed-nine-years-lottery-jackpot-scam/?ref=twtrec