Scams

Undercover filming by BBC's Watchdog found phone shop staff didn't ask for proper identification to ensure that the customer was who they said they were

https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/beatthescammers/article-6345717/What-Sim-swap-fraud-stay-safe-mobile.html

The scammers are using seemingly legitimate university email addresses (for example ‘@uc.ac.uk’) in order to avoid detection.

https://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/2018-11-17/tax-scams-targeting-university-students/

A new TV Licensing scam is appearing in emails and texts claiming there has been a problem with your payment method.

https://www.lovemoney.com/news/79338/tv-licence-problem-direct-debit-billing-information-invoice-license-text-email-is-this-a-scam

Sextortion scams are a type of phishing attack where people are coerced into paying a BitCoin ransom because they have been threatened with sharing video of themselves visiting adult websites.

http://www.deeside.com/increase-in-sextortion-scam-attempts-reported-in-north-wales/

An 88-year-old dementia patient was tricked into spending nearly £10,000 on so called "miracle health cures" after being targeted by sales calls and letters over several years

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-46123457

IFB warns that people need to be wary as ghost broking scammers use fake adverts to pose as seemingly legitimate sellers on social media

https://insurancefraudbureau.org/media-centre/news/2018/one-in-three-young-people-have-seen-a-suspicious-advert-for-car-insurance-on-social-media/

A man who repeatedly pretended to be famous jockeys to steal money from their banks has been jailed.

https://www.expressandstar.com/news/crime/2018/11/02/man-jailed-for-fraudulently-impersonating-famous-jockeys/

The sole boss of a concrete driveway company, who conned victims across Kent out of thousands of pounds, has been sentenced to more than three years in prison.

https://kccmediahub.net/concrete-driveway-installer-jailed-fraud-money-laundering745

Fraudsters scammed nearly 49,000 older people across the UK in the past year, equivalent to almost six reports every hour, a BBC investigation has found.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-45590333

The telephone scam, which has been attempted across the county, relate to a caller purporting to be a police officer investigating an incident of fraud.

https://www.cumbriacrack.com/2018/10/22/public-asked-to-be-vigilant-following-fake-police-officer-scams-in-cumbria/