Scams

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

The scams, ranging from completing surveys to joining dating websites, could reveal your bank details to fraudsters.

https://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/read-this/cybersecurity-raises-concerns-over-whatsapp-scammers-delivery-and-romance-fraud-3341760

Unfortunately, we are continuing to hear of more people falling victim to scams during the pandemic.

https://www.cwherald.com/commercial-partners/adviser-saves-client-from-transferring-80000-in-scam/