Scams

By giving away too much personal information on social media, 21 people a minute are targeted by fraudsters in the UK.

https://www.yourmoney.com/saving-banking/dangers-oversharing-social-media-revealed/

Action Fraud warns against fake TV licensing emails, as over 2,500 reports are made in two months alone

https://www.actionfraud.police.uk/alert/action-fraud-warns-against-fake-tv-licensing-emails-as-over-2500-reports-are-made-in-two-months-alone

The elaborate hi-tech sting involved using apps to clone the phone numbers so as to make calls and texts appear genuine, so duping unsuspecting targets.

https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/40-000-stolen-in-hi-tech-banking-scam-in-west-lothian-1-4812249

A total of 1,073 people in the capital fell victim to crooks pretending to be from “tech support” attached to big firms such as Microsoft or Apple .

https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/don-t-fall-scammers-police-105710443.html

On average, 1 in 10 user-reported emails is identified as malicious, and more than half can be tied to credential phishing, a Cofense report reveals

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252450479/Some-10-of-user-reported-emails-malicious

Consumers lost about £93 million to scams – where they were tricked into transferring money directly to a fraudster – in the first half of 2018 alone.

https://www.scotsman.com/business/the-warning-signs-everybody-needs-to-know-about-scams-1-4814623

Flintshire Trading Standards has said it has have become aware of a new telephone fraud.

http://www.deeside.com/flintshire-trading-standards-warning-over-new-hacking-fraud/

Check an investment or pension opportunity you’ve been offered and avoid scams

https://www.fca.org.uk/scamsmart?utm_source=hants_pcc&utm_campaign=fraud_october

A serial eBay fraudster who sold £1.1 million of non-existent goods on eBay over a 10-day period in the run-up to Christmas has been jailed for 13 years.

https://tamebay.com/2018/10/ebay-fraudster-jailed-13-years-1-1m-scam.html

Self-employed workers are being warned not to fall for fake phishing emails claiming that they're owed a tax refund.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/money/7395111/scammers-target-self-employed-fake-hmrc-emails/