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Online fraud is today’s most common crime. Victims are often told they are foolish for falling for it, but fraudsters use psychological mechanisms to infiltrate the defences of their targets, regardless of how intelligent they are.
https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/scammers-psychology-create-most-convincing-151929184.html/
France has hit back at a wave of online scams involving influencers, who have persuaded their followers to part with savings for miracle cancer cures or other fake products.
A new law threatens online content creators with steep fines and two-year jail terms for promoting dangerous services or misleading commercial practices.
The social media giant Meta is facing growing pressure from MPs, consumer groups and the UK banking sector over its failure to prevent a “tsunami” of fraud on Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, where Britons are losing “life-changing” sums every day.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jun/16/victims-speak-out-over-fraud-on-instagram-facebook-and-whatsapp?CMP=share_btn_tw
TSB Bank has called on Meta to make urgent interventions to protect consumers from spiralling levels of fraud with customers at risk of losing hundreds of millions of pounds.
According to current industry projects, consumers could lose up to £250m from Meta platforms in 2023 without action from the tech giant.
Police have launched an awareness campaign following 189 reports of ticket fraud in Northern Ireland last year.
Officers are urging people to be wary of potential scams when booking tickets for gigs and events after £6.7 million was lost to ticket fraud in the UK in 2022.
Purchase scams starting on Facebook and Instagram are expected to cost UK consumers more than £27m this year alone, according to new analysis by Lloyds Banking Group.
https://www.lloydsbankinggroup.com/media/press-releases/2023/lloyds-banking-group-2023/two-thirds-of-all-online-shopping-scams-now-start-on-facebook-and-instagram.html
More than two-thirds of all online shopping scams affecting UK consumers start on Facebook and Instagram, with social media now a “wild west” for fraud, according to one of Britain’s biggest banks.
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2023/may/28/social-media-sites-wild-west-shopping-uk-bank-facebook-instagram?CMP=share_btn_tw
Parcel delivery fraud is “by far” the most common scam faced by the public so far this year, according to Citizens Advice figures.
Almost half of people targeted by scammers (49%) found themselves involved in a malicious parcel delivery scam, with fraudsters attempting to get hold of personal information or bank details.
https://www.largsandmillportnews.com/news/national/23545831.parcel-delivery-fraud-far-common-scam-far-year---citizens-advice/
Consumer group Which? has issued a warning about the most convincing scams it has seen so far in 2023.
The consumer group said a range of sophisticated scams are circulating.
TWO men arrested in Belfast as part of an investigation into suspected fraud involving the sale of vehicles online have been charged.
The pair, aged 29 and 24, have been charged with fraud by misrepresentation, after they were arrested on Monday after arriving in Belfast by ferry.
https://www.irishnews.com/news/northernirelandnews/2023/05/16/news/pair_charged_as_part_of_fraud_probe_into_online_vehicle_sales-3282746/?param=ds441rif44T
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