Frauds

Brits lost out on around £7 million to holiday and travel related fraud in 2018, an increase from £6.7 million the year before.

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/most-common-holiday-scams-and-how-to-spot-them-171526702.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=tw

Most people post on social media without a second thought these days. Checking in at a restaurant on Facebook, sharing a thought on Twitter, sharing a holiday snap on Instagram.

A Bishop in Leeds has been jailed for insurance fraud.

Fraudsters used holiday booking scams to steal more than £7 million from travellers last year, according to a new report.

Australian singer-songwriter Casey Donovan opened up again last night about the six years she thought she was involved in a relationship with a man she never met, someone called “Campbell”.

http://theconversation.com/from-catfish-to-romance-fraud-how-to-avoid-getting-caught-in-any-online-scam-115227?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=twitterbutton

More than 5,000 people were the victims of holiday booking fraud last year, with their total losses amounting to £7m, research suggests.

A fraudster has been jailed after he lied about being ill or injured to make several fraudulent travel claims for the same family holiday, amounting to a total of £19,225.

http://news.cityoflondon.police.uk/r/1224/fraudster_jailed_for_multiple_fake_travel_insuran

A woman has been sentenced after she lied about her personal car being stolen to make a fraudulent insurance claim. She was a serving Metropolitan police officer at the time of her offence*.

http://news.cityoflondon.police.uk/r/1225/former_met_police_officer_sentenced_for_falsely_c

Think Jessica the Film is an educational documentary drama produced by Think Jessica, the charity committed to protecting elderly & vulnerable people from fraud.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwXMsG2xkcM&feature=youtu.be

Six years on from the horsemeat scandal, we are still counting the cost. So why do I bring this unpleasant, uncomfortable memory up now?