Frauds

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has released a new video about benefit fraud. It’s cringe, to say the least. However, when you look beyond the appalling Hollywood parody, it actually shows the department is increasing its hardline approach to dealing with benefit claimants – not that this is new.

https://www.thecanary.co/trending/2023/04/21/benefit-fraud-dwp-crackdown/

AN Essex man has been jailed after he was convicted of conspiracy to commit fraud by false representation against online gambling company Bet365.

https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/essex-man-jailed-over-236-152622346.html

Insurance Business is no stranger to fraudulent insurance claims – from a supposedly bedbound claimant who was seen bungee jumping on telly, to a stripper who claimed he couldn’t gain employment because of back pain but could bend over while dancing. This time here’s a fundamentally dishonest claim by a man who said he was unable to work following a car accident but was found zipwiring and hanging upside down while overseas.

https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/uk/news/claims/another-fraudulent-insurance-claim-foiled-with-help-of-social-media-443493.aspx

Music lovers hoping to see their favourite artists perform live this summer need to be on their guard against ticket scams, according to a new warning from Lloyds Bank.

https://www.lloydsbankinggroup.com/media/press-releases/2023/lloyds-bank-2023/sharp-increase-concert-ticket-scams.html

Officials at the Department for Work and Pensions have busted an alleged £800,000 attack on the benefits system. Two suspects are said to have created 15 different identities to rake in more than three-quarters of a million pounds in cash from fake claims for disability benefits.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/newsbirmingham/dwp-fraud-probe-into-%C2%A3800k-pip-dla-and-esa-benefit-claims-sees-two-men-arrested/ar-AA1a0He8

A Rail firm, which operates in York, has warned ‘modern-day fare dodgers’ on its network that they are leaving a trail of digital breadcrumbs - after investigating over 100,000 reports of fare evasion last year.

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/quit-while-youre-ahead-rail-075537757.html

During Take Five Week (17-21 April), the public is being warned to beware of impersonation scams as new figures show there were 45,367 cases of this type of fraud in 2022, with losses totalling £177.6m.

https://www.ukfinance.org.uk/news-and-insight/press-release/new-figures-show-ps1776m-was-lost-impersonation-scams-in-2022-take

A SCOTTISH property developer has pleaded guilty to burning down two houses in an attempt to claim a massive insurance payout.

https://www.thenational.scot/news/23460350.scots-property-developer-jailed-400k-insurance-fraud-plot/?ref=twtrec

A local woman has described how she exposes romance scammers online - even offering to meet them at international airports. Becky Holmes, from Stratford-Upon-Avon, created a Twitter account during lockdown in 2020 to tackle boredom and loneliness, but her online antics have taken it to a whole new level.

https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/local-news/woman-who-takes-up-romance-26704692

Arising tide of casual fraud is hitting Britain's online retailers as customers abuse the system in ways ranging from sharp practice to outright scams.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/the-customers-behind-a-rising-tide-of-casual-fraud-and-how-they-do-it/ar-AA19QMUc