Frauds

Automatic push payment fraud is a growing problem where fraudsters deceive an individual or business to instruct their payment services provider, such as their bank, to send money to an account controlled by the fraudster. An increasingly common example is when a fraudster intercepts or replicates a genuine business email and instead inserts their own bank details.

https://www.trethowans.com/news/cybercrime-do-your-terms-and-conditions-protect-you/

Britain’s biggest ever benefits fraudster who faked dementia and hid her father’s death to pocket £750,000 has been jailed.

According to the data obtained by RSM from the UK’s national fraud and cyber-crime reporting centre, businesses lost a total of £99,283,213 to mandate fraud in 2018/19.

Former agent Willie McKay is to stand trial charged with fraud.

The study, conducted by cybersecurity company Cheq and the University of Baltimore, claims that influencer fraud will cost advertisers $1.3 billion this year, a number projected to grow to $1.5 billion in 2020.

http://www.netimperative.com/2019/08/influencer-fraud-costing-brands-over-1-billion/#.XULJiEVCMNU.twitter

Coronation Street star Kym Marsh is turning her skills to presenting a new investigative BBC TV show about the perils of online dating fraudsters

Businesses are being warned about the dangers of mandate fraud after new figures show that reported losses reached almost £100m in 2018/19.

Police described the romance fraudsters as "persuasive, cruel, forceful and manipulative"

A Kingswood rogue trader cold-called at the homes of vulnerable older people and lied about doing work for them.

Fake sickness fraudster Brian Cromby was left feeling queasy today, after he was convicted at Liverpool Crown Court and jailed for 12 months.