Frauds

City of London Police has called for “wider reaching” legislation that would require a duty to protect savers and/or criminal liability for failure to prevent scams across all online and telecommunications enablers.

https://pensionsage.com/pa/City-of-London-Police-calls-for-wider-reaching-legislation-on-pension-scams.php

Two men from London are due to appear in court after being charged with offences relating to alleged courier fraud scams.

https://www.punchline-gloucester.com/articles/aanews/two-men-due-in-court-in-relation-to-alleged-courier-fraud-scams

Pension scammers are the lowest of the low, stealing people’s hard-earned savings and ruining the lives of people who have worked hard for decades to get the retirement they want.

https://pensionsage.com/pa/The-fight-against-fraud-opperman.php

While the majority of Brits know the classic signs of a pension scam, some might not easily recognise additional and more creative ways fraudsters seek to con people.

https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/pension-scams-fraud-retirement-plans-money-hargreaves-lansdown-personal-finance-140606217.html

Online dating fraud rose by 40 per cent in the year to April 2021, with more than 7,500 incidents reported.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/online-dating-fraud-up-40percent-during-pandemic/ar-AAKYUNt?ocid=st

Tech giants were today accused of being “enablers of fraud” as Britain’s top law enforcement body warned they were not doing enough to stop crime gangs from using their sites to cheat people out of huge sums.

https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/exclusive-tech-giants-enablers-scam-132930135.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=tw&tsrc=twtr

Insurance coverage claims tainted with fraud grew by 10% in 2020 in the course of the top of the pandemic, based on figures from Aviva.

https://www.insurtechcaribbean.com/2021/06/03/ghost-broking-remains-significant-threat-warns-aviva/

Cash-strapped businesses grappling with the cost of the pandemic are increasingly securing loans against the value of unpaid invoices, or 'factoring' as it is often referred to.

https://www.ftadviser.com/companies/2021/06/02/how-factoring-fraud-takes-place/

More than 12,000 fraudulent claims collectively worth more than £113 million were uncovered by insurance giant Aviva last year.

https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/proportion-bogus-insurance-claims-jumped-091644712.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=tw&tsrc=twtr

A PSNI helicopter was deployed to intercept suspected fraudsters accused of posing as police officers to con a Belfast pensioner out of £40,000, a court has heard.

https://www.itv.com/news/utv/2021-05-31/court-hears-police-helicopter-used-to-intercept-fraud-suspects