Frauds

A Belfast woman appeared in court on Wednesday accused of conning 24 people in a holiday home scam on the north coast.

https://www.itv.com/news/utv/2022-11-10/woman-appears-in-court-accused-of-running-north-coast-holiday-home-scam

The Department for Work and Pensions overpaid an ‘eye-watering’ £8.6 billion across benefits in 2021-22, the Public Accounts Committee said.

https://www.expressandstar.com/news/uk-news/2022/11/09/unacceptably-high-levels-of-fraud-and-error-in-benefits-spending-says-watchdog/

Complaints to the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) regarding identity fraud soared over the Covid-19 pandemic, finishing 2020 at 44% higher than 2019, according to data obtained through a Freedom of Information (FOI) request by ID-Pal, a leading global identity verification provider. Despite seeing a decrease the following year as normality returned post pandemic, numbers in 2021 are still over 18% higher than pre-pandemic in 2019.

https://www.smeweb.com/2022/11/07/identity-fraud-remains-high-ahead-of-difficult-quarter/

An elderly woman has been tricked into buying a £17,000 Rolex watch and then giving it away.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-63533679

Santander (BME:SAN) has called on the government, banking industry and relevant bodies to tackle authorised push payment (APP) fraud.

https://uk.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/santander-calls-on-government-and-industry-to-tackle-app-fraud-2793350?ampMode=1

Nearly a fifth (19%) of people have lied about a qualification on their CV, or know someone who has, in the past 12 months, according to a fraud prevention service.

https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/19-lied-cv-know-someone-000100500.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=tw&tsrc=twtr&guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly90LmNvLw&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAEeakPy27U1KFa8YGb4vG1NfJXXZl1Z5yvC06QV5UA6_DltFN4rtXcZR0kIGTsrJe2IiGIqnM83PVToZIaYZJEbFNfiCfkBQp_P-COwUOCM1Vddff4ZnCWqLZcUMLFJn7e3sYViddsdu7vKX9VQ917Icgyomv9bcFiq2zgdDIcZk

Scottish LibDems 'suspend councillor Aileen Polson over electoral fraud charge'

https://www.thenational.scot/news/23092527.scottish-libdems-suspend-councillor-aileen-polson-electoral-fraud-charge/?ref=twtrec

A fake police officer manipulated a pensioner into buying and handing over a £17,000 Rolex watch.

https://westbridgfordwire.com/four-fake-police-officer-scams-con-nottinghamshire-victims-out-of-50000/

Today, businesses are realising that a top-notch customer experience is the key to staying one step ahead in a highly competitive market, writes Signifyd, experts in commerce protection.

https://www.bcs.org/articles-opinion-and-research/how-to-protect-your-business-from-loyalty-fraud/

Santander (BME:SAN) has called on the government, banking industry and relevant bodies to tackle authorised push payment (APP) fraud.

https://uk.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/santander-calls-on-government-and-industry-to-tackle-app-fraud-2793350?ampMode=1