Frauds

TWO men have been jailed for playing a part in a courier fraud scam after a detailed two-year police investigation over the border in Brecon.

Cold-call scammers jailed after Brecon courier fraud | Hereford Times

Business owners are constantly hearing about the threat of identity theft, but would you know what to do if you were a victim? Would you feel confident you could act swiftly to minimize any damage? For many entrepreneurs, the answer is no.

Identity theft: What to do if the worst happens | ITProPortal

A London woman has been sentenced for making a fraudulent life insurance claim on her husband’s life insurance policy

Woman sentenced for fraudulent life insurance claim (professionaladviser.com)

Jenn Markey, Product Marketing Director for Identity, Entrust, discusses the core requirements of a ‘digital immunity passport’ both from an ethics and practicality perspective

Preventing fraud in vaccine passports (openaccessgovernment.org)

With the positive news around the rollout of the vaccine for coronavirus and a roadmap out of this crisis in place, you’d be forgiven for feeling that we are on our way back to something resembling ‘normal’.

Property market should be on high alert for fraud | Mortgage Introducer

REGARDING Charlie Kerr’s view that, “re-assessments, carried out by medical practitioners, should be made of everyone claiming disability, so that those who really need it might get a little more while those abusing the system would be found out and deprived of payments to which they may not be entitled” (Long Letter, March 13).

Benefit fraud is rare and DWP disability assessments cause real harm | The National

A Guardian Seascape analysis of 44 recent studies of more than 9,000 seafood samples from restaurants, fishmongers and supermarkets in more than 30 countries found that 36% were mislabelled, exposing seafood fraud on a vast global scale.

Revealed: seafood fraud happening on a vast global scale (msn.com)

A woman from London has been sentenced after attempting to defraud her insurer through a fraudulent life insurance claim worth £397,153.

CHEATING DEATH: Wife sentenced after faking husband’s death for insurance claim worth nearly £400k | City of London Police (cds.co.uk)

Organised crime gangs are increasing their attempts to defraud elderly and vulnerable people in Shropshire, with some victims handing over thousands of pounds.

https://www.shropshirelive.com/news/2021/03/12/courier-fraud-gangs-target-vulnerable-people-in-shropshire/

The Insolvency Service has warned that scammers are approaching consumers falsely claiming they can recover lost investments.

https://www.yourmoney.com/investing/investors-warned-about-approaches-to-recover-lost-funds/