Frauds

Investment fraud is where criminals will present professional and credible looking online adverts, send emails, and create websites to advertise fake investment opportunities.

https://www.actionfraud.police.uk/a-z-of-fraud/investment-fraud

A serial conman from Brighton has been jailed for seven and a half years for a £2 million trail of fraud and money laundering.

David Farrah-Tunnicliffe, also known as David Tunnicliffe, 51, of Atlingworth Street, Brighton, only came under investigation after he lost his wallet and it was handed in to police.

Criminals are experts at impersonating people. They spend hours researching you for their scams, especially when committing romance fraud

https://actionfraud.police.uk/romancefraud

Only buy tickets from the venue’s box office, official promoter or agent, or a well-known and reputable ticket site.

https://actionfraud.police.uk/ticketfraud

Supply Chain Fraud is a threat lurking in all businesses. The process of providing goods or services, at some stage, will require interaction with a third party. Both the financial and reputational cost of fraud infiltrating your organisation’s supply chain, whether from internal or external bad actor, can be extremely damaging.

https://tenetlaw.co.uk/articles/unravelling-supply-chain-fraud/

Some of the most common scams reported to Action Fraud involve fraudsters connecting remotely to a victim’s computer.

⚠️Never allow remote access to your computer following an unsolicited call, text message or browser pop-up.

https://twitter.com/MFF_Forum/status/1734151044202958950/photo/1

What is a cloned company? And how do they target your savings?

They are set up by fraudsters using the name, address and ‘Firm Reference Number’ (FRN) of real companies authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).

A new study has revealed that some regions of the UK may be more prone to property fraud than others, due to the higher proportion of mortgage-free properties in those areas.

https://www.property118.com/property-fraud-risk-is-higher-in-some-uk-regions/

One person has been arrested as part of a fraud investigation into a company that provides engine parts to several major airlines.

On Wednesday, the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) announced it raided a property and launched a new investigation into AOG Technics Ltd.

This is the face of a fraudster who has been jailed for five years after trying to con investment banks out of nearly £2 million.

Police have today released a picture of Christopher Peach, formerly of the Black Lion Hotel in Scotland Street, Ellesmere, who was sentenced at Shrewsbury Crown Court yesterday after pleading guilty of 18 counts of fraud by false representation and one count of money laundering.

https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/crime/2023/12/05/face-of-fraudster-revealed-as-he-starts-five-year-sentence/