Research, Survey and Statistics

  • 01 Jun 2021 8:42 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    There were 1,265 cases of cheque, plastic card and online bank account fraud in the West Midlands Police force area in the 12 months from April last year to the end of March.

    https://www.expressandstar.com/news/crime/2021/05/21/banking-fraud-victims-in-west-midlands-lost-103m-in-2020-2021/

  • 24 May 2021 9:38 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    UK bank customers fell victim to 25,717 recorded cases of cheque, plastic card and online bank account fraud between April 2020 and March 2021.

    https://www.yourmoney.com/saving-banking/uk-consumers-lose-160m-to-online-banking-fraudsters/

  • 17 May 2021 10:08 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Marqeta, the global modern card issuing platform, today released the annual findings of a survey of more than 2,000 UK and US consumers, looking at their attitudes and experiences regarding financial fraud.

    https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/87553/covid-19-causes-spike-in-first-time-fraud-victims

  • 17 May 2021 9:45 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Cyber crime has risen 30% in the past 12 months since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, according to Action Fraud.

    https://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/2021-05-10/how-to-avoid-being-caught-out-by-online-scammers

  • 17 May 2021 9:21 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Online scams soared by 1,500 per cent in the last year as criminals exploited crises from Covid to the chaotic aftermath of Brexit, a cyber security watchdog has reported.

    https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/online-scams-soar-by-1500percent-as-fraudsters-and-foreign-agents-exploit-covid-and-brexit/ar-BB1gxWcA?ocid=st

  • 10 May 2021 9:08 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    A new study published recently by Juniper Research has highlighted that the value of losses due to e-commerce fraud will rise this year, from the $17.5 billion recorded in 2020, to over an estimated $20 billion by 2021; a growth of 18% over a single year.

    https://thefintechtimes.com/e-commerce-fraud-expected-to-rise-18-in-2021-new-research-finds/

  • 26 Apr 2021 9:50 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    New government figures have revealed a sharp uplift in fraud cases since lockdown – the biggest rise in any crime category since the pandemic struck in March last year.

    Fraud cases rise by 63% in 12 months, new police data reveals - FutureScot

  • 26 Apr 2021 9:13 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Statistics show that the COVID-19 global pandemic has had a major impact on the criminal economy and led to a dramatic increase in fraud. Dr Nicola Harding, Academic Advisor at We Fight Fraud and Lecturer in Criminology at Lancaster University Law School, explores how the pandemic has changed criminal behaviour and its implications for the banking and finance industries.

    COVID pushes criminals away from cash and into digital banking (ifsecglobal.com)

  • 19 Apr 2021 9:20 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Action Fraud received more than 1,000 more reports relating to romance scams in 2020 than it did in 2019, Professional Adviser can reveal.

    Romance scam reports jump by 1,000 during lockdown - Action Fraud (professionaladviser.com)

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