Scams

Certain financial services providers will have to prove they are authorised by the financial regulator before advertising on Google from today (6 September). It's an effort by the search engine to tackle online fraud, but the new policy doesn't apply to ads for cryptocurrency or debt services and there are some other exclusions.

https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/2021/09/google-scams-update-comes-into-force/

A WARNING has been issued over callous con artists who are using uncertainty caused by the Covid pandemic to cheat victims out of cash.

https://www.the-gazette.co.uk/news/19557304.scammers-using-different-methods-target-victims/?ref=twtrec

A website that sells pets helped secure dozens of scam searches after recruiting cyber analysts and becoming detectives.

https://currentdognews.com/pet-website-targets-puppy-sale-frauds-news/

A scam email is going around claiming people have won £100 pounds worth of gift vouchers from Asda.

Action Fraud, the UK’s national reporting centre for fraud and cybercrime has issued a warning after they received 159 reports over the weekend regarding a fake email.

Cat MacLean, partner and head of dispute resolution at MBM Commercial, explores the judgment issued this morning in Sekers v Clydesdale [2021] CSOH 89.

https://www.scottishlegal.com/article/cat-maclean-online-fraud-when-is-a-bank-to-blame

In the wake of the pandemic has come a scammers epidemic. The crime is so widespread, aggressive and severe that many of us refuse to answer telephone calls or respond to text messages from an unknown number, assuming there’s a fraudster at the other end.

https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/banks-come-under-fire-fraud-060000075.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=tw&tsrc=twtr&guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly90LmNvLw&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAIR0NAgezR4Lc1jt8yFzRT0D63d2GWC8Hh0oKyUyp8RiaaYA9Xsxn8bRISk7j11B-UYi-2_a0g8lLIorXpGHt20u4ENiD3UyUly6ay2vsZwR8Yy0dCYAPl9dhXNc72YjqMwSflseoHHtojYfFgitc0AbI05lGQ_Vl7uycrjn8E1V

DRIVERS have been warned about a scam text message that could give criminals access to bank accounts in just minutes.

https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/19523908.warning-dvla-scam-text-targetting-drivers/?ref=twtrec

CASH machine warnings were issued in late July as a new scam was identified by Nationwide. ATMs remain a key target for scammers and guidance has been issued to worried Britons.

https://www.express.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/1478915/cash-machine-warning-savers-atm-bank-scams

Dozens of people from Brighton and Hove have been conned out of tens of thousands of pounds by software scammers, according to Sussex Police.

https://www.brightonandhovenews.org/2021/08/16/computer-software-scams-prompt-police-warning/

On social media, there's a new type of influencer. But instead of promoting clothing lines and lifestyle products, they promote fraud.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-58223499