Frauds

With Christmas just weeks away a warning has been issued following a rise in courier fraud in north Wales – including an elaborate scam targeting an elderly member of the public.

https://www.wrexham.com/news/rise-in-courier-fraud-sees-elderly-resident-targeted-with-scam-delivery-and-hsbc-messages-227383.html

The Insurance Fraud Bureau (IFB) has announced the appointment of Ursula Jallow (pictured above) as permanent director.

https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/uk/news/breaking-news/ifb-names-new-director-428879.aspx#.Y4nGaqOlGZM.twitter

In our latest guest post, Brian Kinsella, senior regional fraud manager at Elavon Europe, discusses how to avoid hotel payments fraud during the festive season.

https://www.boutiquehotelier.com/hotel-payments-fraud-elavon-europe/

Aviva is warning drivers to think twice if they are tempted to lie in an attempt to save money on their policy.

https://www.expressandstar.com/news/uk-news/2022/11/30/motor-insurance-policy-fraud-cases-jump-as-households-squeezed-by-living-costs/

A FRAUD-ACCUSED Herefordshire builder has been sent to the crown court.

https://www.herefordtimes.com/news/23138366.fraud-accused-herefordshire-builder-sent-crown-court/?ref=twtrec

Police are asking that everyone remain aware of an ongoing scam called ‘courier fraud’ being reported in Shropshire.

Read the full article via Shropshire Live at: https://www.shropshirelive.com/news/2022/11/21/police-warn-shropshire-residents-of-telephone-fraud-attempts/

Identity fraud is the unauthorised use of a person’s personal information by another person to commit a crime or deceive or defraud that person or a third party in order to take advantage of the pleasures that come with that synthetic identity.

https://www.finextra.com/blogposting/23241/what-is-identity-fraud-definition-types-and-examples

DORSET Police has received 11 reported offences of fraud so far this month where five victims have been defrauded of £72,000.

https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/five-people-defrauded-72-000-120525603.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=tw&tsrc=twtr

The rental sector has long been a leading target for fraudsters, criminals and money launderers with previous research estimating that 5% of all rental stock is being let to criminals.

https://www.property118.com/82-7bn-worth-of-rental-properties-occupied-by-fraudsters/

A tenant who tried to sell the house he rented without his landlord’s knowledge has been jailed.

https://www.property118.com/tenant-fraudster-who-tried-sell-landlords-house-jailed/