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A total of 73% of UK consumers have been targeted by scams in the past three months with one in every four falling victim to fraudsters.
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/one-in-four-britons-have-fallen-victim-to-scam-since-may-112248266.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=tw&tsrc=twtr
The overall amounts of fraud, overpayments and error in the public sector in Scotland have reduced in the last two financial years.
https://futurescot.com/slight-decrease-in-public-sector-fraud-levels-in-scotland-according-to-new-audit/
More than £1.3bn was stolen by con artists last year, figures reveal, with authorised push payment fraud (APP), where victims are tricked into making a payment, rising sharply as pandemic restrictions eased.
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2022/jun/29/uk-victims-lost-13bn-in-2021-amid-surge-in-online-new-data-shows?CMP=share_btn_tw
Businesses in the UK are falling victim to fraud and other forms of economic crime more frequently than the global average.
https://www.techradar.com/uk/news/many-businesses-are-losing-millions-to-scams-and-fraud
Over the last two years, UK companies have suffered a substantial level of fraud actions against them, according to new economic crime stats.
https://www.digit.fyi/global-economic-crime-survey-tighter-cybersecurity/#.Ypcicdg7_S8.twitter
The UK has been branded the fraud capital of the world, with £750 million lost to criminals in bank scams in the first 6 months of last year alone. With scammers increasingly using psychological tricks and manipulating our everyday interactions, what can we do to protect ourselves? Reporter Fiona Foster investigates.
https://www.itv.com/news/2022-05-19/scams-fighting-the-fraudsters-itv-tonight
More than 2.7m attempted frauds interrupted, including fake celebrity endorsements and extortion emails
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/may/10/uk-cybersecurity-unit-tackles-record-number-of-online-scams-in-2021?CMP=share_btn_tw
Over £57 million was lost last year to scams where victims were tricked into handing over control of their computer or smartphone to criminals.
https://www.deeside.com/warning-over-remote-access-scams-after-57-million-lost-last-year/
People in Jersey have been scammed out of more than a quarter of a million pounds in the first three months of 2022 - almost the same amount as what was lost in the whole of 2021.
https://www.itv.com/news/channel/2022-04-21/more-than-250000-lost-to-fraudsters-in-jersey-since-new-year
Young Brits are most likely to get scammed, with many victims losing huge sums of money to online shopping scams, pyramid schemes and rental fraud, a new report found.
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/scams-young-people-fraud-victim-cryptocurrency-which-000140441.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=tw&tsrc=twtr
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