Frauds

Criminals are targeting online daters in the lead up to Valentine’s Day, according to trade group UK Finance. The news comes on top of recent reports which show there has been an overall rise in online fraud as scammers take advantage of people affected adversely by the Covid-19 pandemic.

The suspects used a sim-swapping scam to take control of wealthy targets’ mobile phones and steal cash, bitcoin and personal data.

A vast amount of money was lost to romance scammers last year, and with millions of people isolated in lockdown the problem is getting worse, according to a report

There were pills in my lap, ready to take. Tears were streaming down my face. The summer sunshine was warm on my back, beaming into my living room but I could only see black as I stared ahead.

A woman who fell for a man she met on a dating website and lost £40,000 is warning others not to make the same mistakes.

Heartless romance scammers conned lonely women and men in North Wales out of more than £1 million in a nine month period, it’s been revealed.

The Police and Crime Commissioner for Gwent, Jeff Cuthbert, is encouraging people to spot the signs of romance fraud this Valentine’s Day.

Thousands of benefit claimants may be unwittingly committing fraud by failing to inform the Department of Work and Pensions about a change of circumstance.

A fraudster who targeted an innocent member of the public caught up in a minor road traffic collision was sentenced on Friday 5 February at Woolwich Crown Court.

The company secretary of a family-run construction and maintenance firm has been sentenced for making a fraudulent insurance claim. The claim could have inflicted a potential loss of over £5,000 to one of the UK’s biggest insurers.