Scams

Cost of living scams are on the rise, as fraudsters prey on people's anxiety around saving money, experts have told the BBC.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-63412297

The perpetrators of a £2.7m investment scam carried out through cold calling have been found guilty of their offences in Southwark Crown Court.

https://www.professionaladviser.com/news/4061838/cold-investment-scam-173-elderly-victims-lose-gbp-7m

Fed-up families waiting for their Christmas presents to be delivered are rich picking for online scammers this year, and anxious parents have been warned to be on their guard against falling for clever con tricks.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/from-parcel-delivery-scams-to-fake-websites-what-to-look-out-for-in-run-up-to-christmas/ar-AA15qnGA

Research from Which? found hundreds of investment ads on Facebook and Instagram that could be misleading investors into potential investment scams.

https://moneyweek.com/investments/investment-strategy/605571/facebook-instagram-investment-scams

Scammers are using the cost-of-living crisis to trick consumers out of their hard-earned cash. Here are the four latest scams that you need to be watch for, according to Action Fraud.

https://www.yourmoney.com/household-bills/four-new-scams-to-watch-for-in-the-run-up-to-christmas/

An alert is being made about a scam involving fraudsters pretending to be police trying to extract money from people. In the last week Gloucestershire Police has received seven reports of alleged frauds being made via telephone dialling codes 01608, 01386 and 01451.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/paddington-police-station-scam-warning-after-fraudsters-target-gloucestershire-area-codes/ar-AA157C1l

New warning from Action Fraud about cost of living scams in the run up to Christmas.

https://www.actionfraud.police.uk/news/criminals-are-using-the-cost-of-living-crisis-to-scam-the-public-dont-become-a-victim

More than half of social media purchase fraud is linked to Facebook, according to TSB. We warn you what to look out for

https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/cost-of-living/facebook-marketplace-scam-fraud-con-25652056

Lancashire's police and crime commissioner is urging shoppers to be wary of scammers this Christmas after online shopping fraud in the county topped £1m in the last year.

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/police-continue-crackdown-shopping-scammers-144500958.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=tw&tsrc=twtr

Woman who was conned out of £32,000 after she came to Britain was initially refused compensation because she used a debit card to transfer money from her account

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2022/nov/28/scam-attack-on-ukrainian-mother-exposes-flaw-in-uk-bank-safeguards?CMP=share_btn_tw