Scams

Eight people have been arrested in a series of dawn raids as part of an investigation into bogus Royal Mail text message scams.

https://www.kentlive.news/news/uk-world-news/breaking-royal-mail-scam-arrests-5448839?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar

New official figures have revealed the extent of the threat posed by online fraudsters. The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has removed more scams in the last 12-months than in the previous three years combined.

https://www.finextra.com/blogposting/20343/how-sophisticated-security-methods-can-help-in-the-battle-against-online-fraud

Crimestoppers has joined forces with TSB to educate you on Money Mule scams - we want you to stay suspicious of social media scams so you don’t fall victim.

https://crimestoppers-uk.org/campaigns-media/campaigns/dontbeamoneymule

Payments 20 (P20), a voice of the global payments industry, is calling on the industry to work together to combat payee scams which have increased exponentially since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020.

https://thefintechtimes.com/p20-calls-for-industry-collaboration-to-tackle-payee-scams-in-new-report/

Charlie Shakeshaft, CEO of Individual Protection Solutions, reacts to the new Online Safety bill, acknowledging the pros and cons, and what more needs to be done by the government to ensure people are adequately protected online

https://www.openaccessgovernment.org/online-safety-bill-fails-to-protect-societys-most-vulnerable-from-malicious-scammers/110320/

Doorstep scammers are back in business after lockdown, as investigators issue warnings over a silent epidemic of unrecorded crime.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/new-warnings-over-doorstep-scammers-as-freedoms-return/ar-BB1gmLtB?ocid=st

Amazon prevented more than ten billion fraudulent product listings from appearing in its online stores in 2020 and seized more than two million counterfeit products, according to a new report.

https://www.essexlive.news/news/uk-world-news/amazon-blocks-10bn-fraudulent-listings-5394545

A text claiming to be from Hermes, asking customers to pay a fee for their parcel's redelivery, is the latest fraudulent text believed to be circulating.

https://www.stratford-herald.com/news/delivery-companies-warn-of-scam-texts-9198410/

Fraudsters are using new scams related to the Covid pandemic to target vulnerable people on their doorstep, an investigation by the consumer group Which? has found.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/doorstep-scammers-exploiting-covid-19-pandemic-says-which/ar-BB1gkdIG?ocid=st

He was sentenced at Manchester Crown Court on Friday (April 30).

'Struggling' Chelmsford businessman found with 171 fake driving licences avoids jail following £250k O2 scam - Essex Live