Frauds

SCAMMERS are continuing to target people in new ways, with victims now being asked to buy gold to hand to a courier working for the police.

Fraudsters pretending to be legitimate firms stole £78m from unsuspecting victims through pension and investment scams in 2020, according to Action Fraud.

There are notable gender differences when it comes to the susceptibility of financial scams, according to a survey by Interactive Investor.

Police have issued a fresh warning over a scam in which criminals pretending to be police officers are again attempting to defraud people in Shropshire.

Criminals are defrauding advertisers out of their ad spend, with brands losing up to $700k a year and agencies losing $200k a year to criminal gangs using bots for fake clicks, according to new research.

Small companies risk losing £10,000 a year, and enterprises as much as £520,000, to cyber criminals as click fraud volumes spike

Labour MP Apsana Begum will stand trial in July over housing fraud allegations after a judge prioritised her trial in the “public interest”.

An advice firm has been ordered to compensate a client after their pension pot was raided by “malign” fraudulent activity.

Police are investigating a number of scams where fraudsters have claimed to be police officers in order to obtain money

I am selling up and last year I sold a flat and made the leasehold a shared freehold. The buyer had a survey done in March, and it showed up some works to be completed. He never told me of this survey nor its contents.