Scams

LONDON (Reuters) - Victims in the United Kingdom have lost more than 800,000 pounds to coronavirus-linked scams since last month, with criminals tricking fearful people who wanted to buy protective masks, police said on Friday.

https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-health-coronavirus-britain-fraud/coronavirus-fraud-uk-victims-lose-800000-pounds-in-scams-idUKKBN20T1J4

More than £100 million-worth of fraud has been prevented so far by a rapid response scheme which enables bank branch staff to halt scams as they are happening.

https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/bank-branch-staff-help-prevent-000100775.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=tw

Overseas call centre scams have been a massive problem in the UK for a number of years, and it’s still ongoing, with an average of 21 million scam calls per month in the UK – that’s 8 per second. BBC’s ‘Panorama – Spying on the Scammers’ last night showed a huge amount of insight into one call centre in India which focuses solely on scamming victims in the UK, Australia and the USA.

https://pressreleases.responsesource.com/news/99264/scam-calls-every-second-in-the-uk-the-truth-behind/#.XmAvEwWGRP0.twitter

THE full extent of phone scammers in India has been exposed by a UK hacker, as CCTV footage uncovering the criminals at work has been released online.

https://www.easterneye.biz/cctv-exposes-scammers-in-indian-call-centres/

PayPal failed to close a fraudster’s account for eight months despite being warned he was using it to cheat innocent people, an investigation has revealed.

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The Martin Lewis Money Show this week reported that the UK is currently facing an epidemic of scams with online ads featuring high profile individuals, including Martin Lewis himself, being used to dupe £millions from the unsuspecting public.

https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/associate-news/uk-facing-an-epidemic-of-scams?utm_source=iContact%2BWeekly%2BNewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=legal-futures&utm_content=

The DVLA has released pictures of some of the latest scams being used to con motorists out of their money.

Influencer fraud is one of the biggest headaches facing marketers today. As an industry, influencer marketing was worth an estimated £6bn last year, and is forecast to reach £12bn by 2022. Its breakneck growth is largely due to the parallel rise in fortunes of social media giant Instagram.

https://www.cityam.com/influencer-fraud-buck-stops-facebook/

Police are warning Amazon Prime users after fraudsters stole more than £1 million from victims in three months.