Frauds

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/

TWO people from Stratford have been questioned by police over claims a loan for more than £1,000 was taken out in someone else’s name.

https://www.stratford-herald.com/news/loan-fraud-leads-to-two-people-being-questioned-by-police-in-9246825/

A warning has been sounded over voting fraud in a London borough previously rocked by an election scandal.

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/voting-fraud-warning-tower-hamlets-144311995.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=tw&tsrc=twtr

The UK’s national fraud reporting centre has issued a warning to those wanting to help victims of the Ukraine war.

https://www.techdigest.tv/2022/03/action-fraud-warns-of-scam-ukraine-emails.html