Scams

The public must be vigilant in protecting themselves from the threat of online scammers during the Boxing Day sales, the Government has urged today (26 December) after a year which saw a record number of cyber attacks and online scams.

https://westbridgfordwire.com/public-urged-to-protect-themselves-from-online-sales-scams/

Shoppers have been warned to be wary of texts claiming to be from courier companies this Christmas, as one bank revealed the majority of fraud cases starting with an SMS involve fake deliveries.

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2021/dec/09/bank-warns-uk-fake-deliveries-scam-could-cost-thousands

POLICE in the Lothians and Scottish Borders are advising the public to be vigilant after a recent telephone bank scam.

https://www.bordertelegraph.com/news/19759637.man-fell-victim-telephone-bank-scam-loses-58-000/?ref=twtrec

Action Fraud, the national reporting centre for fraud and cyber crime, said scam online shopping "bargains" that turned out to be too good to be true cost shoppers £15.4m over Christmas last year.

https://news.sky.com/story/black-friday-shoppers-warned-of-scams-as-15-4m-lost-last-christmas-12474330

Scam online shopping “bargains” that turned out to be too good to be true cost shoppers £15.4 million over Christmas last year, according to police.

https://uk.style.yahoo.com/black-friday-shoppers-warned-beware-000100380.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=tw&tsrc=twtr

A grandfather has told of how he lost money saved for Christmas presents after his family were duped by fraudsters on WhatsApp.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-59238425

BORDERERS are being warned about a coronavirus ‘passport scam’.

https://www.peeblesshirenews.com/news/19706473.coronavirus-nhs-borders-issues-passport-scam-fraud-alert/?ref=twtrec

The chairman of the Treasury Committee, Mel Stride, has written to four tech giants asking for details on what policies they have in place to combat online fraud and protect savers.

https://www.ftadviser.com/companies/2021/11/08/mps-question-tech-giants-on-fraud-prevention/

Technology giants Microsoft, Twitter, Snapchat and TikTok have been asked by MPs to provide details on how they combat scams and protect consumers as part of an ongoing inquiry into online fraud.

https://www.thenational.scot/news/national/19698193.mps-push-technology-giants-online-fraud-policies/?ref=twtrec

TOUGH new measures that protect pension savers and help stop scam transfers in their tracks became law today.

https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1517927/pension-scams-savings-pensioners-schemes