Frauds

Gosport was one of five United Kingdom areas taking part in the trial in an effort to cut down on voter fraud.

http://clicklancashire.com/2018/05/05/small-number-of-voters-turned-away-in-id-trials.html

Officers have been dealing with a fraud that involved an elderly resident in West Bridgford, the offenders are very plausible and the scam relates to internal bank investigations.

https://westbridgfordwire.com/warning-elderly-west-bridgford-resident-victim-of-bank-fraud/

Two fraudster brothers whose near £17 million swindle helped fund an extravagant lifestyle of Rolex watches and private jet hire while depleting their victims’ retirement savings have been jailed.

https://www.itv.com/news/2018-05-03/ruthless-brothers-jailed-for-17m-fraud-which-preyed-on-elderly/

Specialist insurance industry law firm Horwich Farrelly, which describes itself as having a zero tolerance approach to fraud, has successfully defended more than 2,000 holiday illness claims in 10 months.

https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/uk/news/hospitality/fraud-will-not-be-tolerated-regardless-of-the-value-of-the-claim-99434.aspx

Companies are being warned to ensure they put in place strong measures to ensure that one of the key tenets of GDPR – the right to erasure – does not result in a huge uplift of identity fraud and spark a new practice of malicious data hacking.

https://www.decisionmarketing.co.uk/news/one-month-until-gdpr-d-day-beware-rise-of-id-theft

Victims are told to pay an up-front fee for the horse and it’s shipment only to later find that it doesn’t exist.

https://actionfraud.police.uk/news/equine-fraud-costs-victims-70k-may18

North Yorkshire Police are warning people to be extra vigilant after three separate reports of fraud in the city in quick succession.

https://www.yorkmix.com/news/york-woman-in-her-70s-conned-out-of-40k-by-man-posing-as-sergeant-wiggins/

Police in Harrogate are investigating after an elderly man and an elderly woman were targeted in two separate fake police frauds in the town.

https://www.strayfm.com/news/local-news/2563178/elderly-man-from-harrogate-conned-out-of-thousands-of-pounds/

The scam is known as 'pension liberation' and the offences occurred between September 2013 and April 2014.

https://www.wessexfm.com/news/dorset-news/2559742/two-men-jailed-after-elaborate-pension-scam-in-dorset/

The AA have warned that cash for crash schemes costs 'honest policy holders' an average of £50 on every annual premium.