Scams

Scammers posing as the NHS Test and Trace service are ringing members of the public and asking them to pay for a Covid test.

Police have warned about the email scam where people are tricked into paying a bogus fixed penalty notice.

Wrexham Trading Standards have been made aware of scam emails claiming to be from Netflix currently being sent to members of the public.

Ten offices suspected of being involved in computer software service fraud offences, have been raided by authorities in six cities in India.

Ofcom’s move to tackle the questionable money-spinning opportunity inherent in the 070 virtual phone number system has had a positive impact on fraud, according to new data from BICS.

A 39-YEAR-OLD man has been arrested and charged in connection with an incident of fraud in High Valleyfield.

Figures from the Scottish Govenrment show there were 1354 fraud crimes in August, a rise of 488 against the same month last year.

An Authorised Push Payment scam occurs when a person is convinced by a scammer to send a payment to a genuine account, when in reality they are actually sending a payment to the scammer. 

In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, many of us have moved a lot of our lives online - from work to socialising. However, scammers and fraudsters have also done the same.

The UK financial regulator has accused US tech giant Google of not doing enough to stop fraudsters using its internet search pages to target victims.