Frauds

The apparel industry, highly susceptible to world events, has seen a boom across the pandemic, with ecommerce sales hitting new highs year on year – but fraud is starting to eat away at margins as cybercriminals target the booming sector.

https://internetretailing.net/industry/apparel-industry-ecommerce-booms-but-fraud-a-growing-problem-24634

A woman from Anglesey who says she was targeted online has said she would go “without any money” in order to meet her lover’s demands.

https://www.itv.com/news/wales/2022-04-06/warning-after-woman-conned-out-of-thousands-by-scammer-posing-as-soldier

A clever new fraud is being targeted at staff - where criminals impersonate their boss on a video call to steal from the business's bank account.

https://www.punchline-gloucester.com/articles/aanews/fraud-warning-is-that-really-your-boss-on-a-video-call

FRAUDSTERS are taking advantage of the cost-of-living crisis by tricking people into disclosing their bank account details over the phone, claiming they will pay in a £150 council tax rebate.

https://www.stratford-herald.com/news/stratford-residents-warned-of-150-council-tax-rebate-phone-9247992/

Merseyside Police has also warned people to be aware of the Easter hamper scam, which it says is designed to "gain access to your personal details".

https://news.sky.com/story/cadbury-issues-warning-over-easter-chocolate-whatsapp-scam-12579457

A date has been set for the sentencing of two people charged in connection with a pension fraud case, whereby savers were persuaded to transfer £13.6m into fraudulent pension schemes.

https://pensionsage.com/pa/Sentencing-date-set-in-13-6m-pension-fraud-case.php

Authorised push payment (APP) fraud is currently rampant in the UK. In the first half of 2021, cases rose by a shocking 71% and for the first time overtook card fraud in terms of the amount of money stolen.

The former owner of Norton Motorcycles, Stuart James Garner, has been given a suspended prison sentence for illegally investing pension schemes’ money into his business.

https://pensionsage.com/pa/Ex-norton-motorcycles-boss-avoids-jailtime-over-pension-investment-charges.php

A ‘career criminal’ with a long history of conning elderly victims out of money has been jailed for more than ten years.

https://westbridgfordwire.com/career-criminal-preyed-on-elderly-and-vulnerable-victim-for-a-decade/

A romance fraudster who conned a Nottinghamshire woman out of £157,000 has been jailed.

https://westbridgfordwire.com/romance-fraudster-who-said-he-lived-in-west-bridgford-conned-woman-out-of-157000/