Scams

The Fraud Advisory Panel has outlined five key recommendations to combat social media fraud as online scammer statistics continue to surge.

‘Complete rethink’ needed to tackle social media fraud | ICAEW

Farmers have been warned by the police of a sophisticated scam on eBay where the cyber criminal pretends to be selling a tractor.

Farmers warned of sophisticated tractor scam on eBay - FarmingUK News

POLICE last week warned about a new HMRC scam.

Fraudsters have sent messages and called people out of the blue pretending to be from the government service.

WhatsApp... and the latest scams worrying people in Oxfordshire | Oxford Mail

Cold call from Hargreaves Lansdown? - They will never cold call investors offering investment opportunities.

Specific Threats | Hargreaves Lansdown (hl.co.uk)

A man who fell prey to a bank scam that raided his Help-to-Buy Isa has had just half of his money restored to his account.

Victim of complex push scam repaid just 50% by HSBC - FTAdviser.com

Denise Welch has opened up on the time she fell for a scam which saw her give out her pin to a fraudster over the phone.

Denise Welch opens up on falling for financial scam (yahoo.com)

Tesco staff prevent Notts woman being gift card scammed after ’email from the vicar’

Tesco staff prevent Notts woman being gift card scammed after 'email from the vicar' | West Bridgford Wire

A twenty-five-year-old man who conned strangers, friends and his partner to fund his gambling addiction has been sentenced at Cardiff Crown Court.

Gwent man sentenced for defrauding eleven people of over £30k | The Crown Prosecution Service (cps.gov.uk)

Online scams come in all shapes and sizes. From emails that attempt to trick you into giving away your personal information, to fraudsters on dating websites trying to get money from you, there are many things scammers do to get something from you.

The online fraud report | Uswitch

Customers of some of the country’s largest banks are urged to be vigilant following reports of scam text messages purporting to be security alerts from their banks.

Banking Customers Warned About Rise in Text-Based Scams (moneyexpert.com)