Frauds

POLICE in the Scottish Borders are warning the public of the dangers of courier fraud which is when victims receive a phone call from a criminal who is pretending to be a police officer or bank official. Typically, victims are told to withdraw a sum of money and someone is sent to their home address to collect it.

https://www.bordertelegraph.com/news/19594558.10m-lost-courier-fraud-since-start-year/?ref=twtrec

A SENIOR SNP MP has called on the UK Government to tackle the influx of 'dark money' into elections rather than attempt to stamp out voter fraud.

https://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/19600515.dark-money-elections-priority-voter-fraud-senior-snp-mp-urges/?ref=twtrec

Some 33,115 impersonation scam cases were recorded in the first half of this year, UK Finance said.

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/uk-finance-government-lloyds-bank-b954982.html

The pandemic has changed various aspects of our lives and driven us online to shop, invest and date.

https://www.raconteur.net/infographics/fighting-fraud-during-the-coronavirus-crisis/

The pandemic’s outbreak shone a light on transparency in the food supply chain. Mike Seed, sales and product manager at Elementar UK, explores the food fraud risk today.

https://www.specialityfoodmagazine.com/retail/covid-19-food-fraud-risk

An influential group of MPs has said that the Government must address fraudulent advertising for investment products in the upcoming Online Safety Bill.

https://www.itv.com/news/2021-09-12/treasury-committee-repeats-call-for-law-on-fraudulent-online-ads

Impersonation scam cases more than doubled in the first half of 2021 to 33,115, a finance industry trade association has said.

https://www.irishnews.com/magazine/technology/2021/09/12/news/impersonation-scams-more-than-doubled-in-first-half-of-2021-2445512/

A married security guard who duped a woman out of her life savings in a romance scam has been jailed for three years.

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/married-security-guard-conned-woman-075844284.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=tw&tsrc=twtr

A high-flying lawyer who swindled the Commonwealth and a top international legal firm out of more than £600,000 has been jailed for seven-and-a-half years.

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/ex-commonwealth-lawyer-jailed-600-153007363.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=tw&tsrc=twtr

Kate McMahon, who successfully prosecuted a businessman of 11 counts of fraud offences relating to a failed property redevelopment in Knightsbridge recently, explains the background to the case – and offers some tips on how to avoid getting caught up in dodgy dealings…

https://primeresi.com/do-you-smell-a-rat-how-to-sniff-out-fraud-in-property-development/