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Fraud has affected 94% of mid-sized businesses in the South West and Wales in the last five years, research shows.
https://www.punchline-gloucester.com/articles/aanews/cost-of-fraud-hits-south-west-businesses
UK residents and businesses have seen financial losses of £2.5bn from fraud and cyber-crime over the course of the past year, a new study reveals.
https://www.cityam.com/uk-loses-2-5bn-in-fraud-and-cyber-crime-cases-during-2021/
Almost £92 million has been lost through dating scams in the past 12 months, according to the latest figures from the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB).
https://www.policeprofessional.com/news/92m-lost-to-online-romance-fraud-in-past-12-months/
The latest Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) shows a a 12 per cent increase in total crime, driven by a 43pc increase in fraud and computer misuse for the year ending June 2021 compared with the pre-COVID year ending June 2019
https://www.professionalsecurity.co.uk/news/case-studies/ons-fraud-statistics/#.YY760McIeNA.twitter
The amount of money reported lost to cryptocurrency fraud in 2021 so far is already nearly a third (30%) higher than for the whole of 2020, according to police figures.
https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/cryptocurrency-fraud-losses-30-2021-104548281.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=tw&tsrc=twtr
The cost to people’s well-being from falling victim to a scam can be calculated at £9.3bn a year, consumer group Which? has found.
https://www.yourmoney.com/household-bills/cost-to-scam-victims-well-being-calculated-at-9bn-a-year/
Fraudsters conned more than £4.7 million out of people in Shropshire and the wider West Mercia area in just three months.
https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/local-hubs/shrewsbury/2021/10/21/fraudsters-con-victims-out-of-94-million-in-the-region/
Financial fraud rose by 30 per cent in the first half of 2021 resulting in losses of over £750m, according to the latest fraud report by banking trade body UK Finance, published this morning.
https://www.cityam.com/rising-uk-fraud-levels-branded-a-national-threat-by-banks/
Financial crime, fraud and hacking soared during the pandemic as criminals took advantage of behavioural changes during three strict lockdowns. In fact, fraud and cybercrime jumped by nearly a third in the last twelve months.
https://www.cityam.com/exclusive-uk-fraud-is-big-business-at-52bn-each-year-says-financial-crime-guru/
Impersonation scam cases more than doubled in the first half of 2021 to 33,115, a finance industry trade association has said.
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/uk-finance-government-lloyds-bank-b954982.html
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