Scams

Police have revealed an elderly man from North Wales lost nearly £300,000 of his life-savings after being targeted by “cruel” scammers.

http://www.wrexham.com/news/cruel-fraudsters-con-north-wales-pensioner-out-of-300000-in-phone-scam-146996.html

Royal Navy veteran is told his wife needed life-saving surgery by fake doctor who used her mobile number to demand £300

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5563445/Husband-scammed-paying-life-saving-surgery-wife-fake-South-Shields-doctor.html

No, it’s a WhatsApp scam – too good to be true!

https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2018/04/04/free-virgin-atlantic-tickets-no-its-a-whatsapp-scam/

Cumbria Police have launched a campaign to raise awareness of telephone scams as one victim’s family shares their story and urges people to safeguard the finances of their elderly relatives.

https://www.cumbriacrack.com/2018/03/26/daughter-elderly-fraud-victim-speaks-part-police-campaign-raise-awareness-scams/

A man who tried conning an 82-year-old out of hundreds of pounds with a bogus VAT bill has been jailed after his image was caught on CCTV installed by the tech-savvy pensioner.

https://www.west-midlands.police.uk/news/5267/jail-bogus-builder-caught-camera-tech-savvy-pensioner

The report by NatWest has warned that scammers will also try to cash in on those tying the knot this year on the back of the Royal wedding

https://www.mirror.co.uk/money/natwest-predicts-8-biggest-scams-12216086

The top eight financial scams consumers should stay vigilant against this year include fraudsters secretly installing malware on people’s smartphones and fake websites selling discounted FIFA World Cup tickets, according to NatWest’s digital safety report released today.

http://www.cityam.com/282540/beware-these-eight-rising-financial-fraud-schemes-natwest

Phishing is a huge problem for businesses, IT decision makers and C-level is disconnected on the issue, and the ones to suffer most are the employees.

https://www.itproportal.com/news/email-fraud-becoming-a-top-priority-for-businesses/

An operation has been launched by West Mercia Police aimed at protecting older and vulnerable people following an increase in telephone frauds in the force area.

https://worcesterobserver.co.uk/news/police-launch-operation-prospero-to-clamp-down-on-fraud-after-phone-scams-across-worcestershire-5410/

If you get this WhatsApp message about Heineken giving away 5L barrels of beer do NOT click

https://www.thesun.co.uk/money/5817613/whatsapp-scam-heineken-beer-giveaway-dont-click/