NFIB (National fraud intelligence bureau) 

Victims who are nannies and models are being targeted for employment fraud. See the alert for the patterns in MO.

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The 2016 European Football Championships will begin shortly and those wanting to purchase last minute tickets are likely to be targeted by fraudsters posing as official sellers.

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A new phishing campaign which has hit students of UK universities claims that students have been awarded a grant by the Department for Education.

Fraudsters are impersonating public sector bodies (i.e. the Fire Service, Police) and placing orders with businesses.

Members of the public are being persuaded to transfer their pension monies from legitimate pension schemes into scam schemes with the promise of high returns in unregulated forestry investments.

This scanning document is based upon information gathered from open sources by the Economic Crime Directorate. The purpose of the document is to increase awareness of issues identified as potential forthcoming economic crime or fraud threats and emerging issues and trend

Small businesses should be on the lookout for a new type of scam which involves overseas “investors” tricking victims into laundering money.

The National Crime Agency (NCA) has seen a marked increase in attempted frauds which use the name of the UK Financial intelligence Unit (UKFIU).

Consumers who initially invested in carbon credits between 2011 and 2013 have reported recent contact from firms offering exit strategies for their carbon credit investments in exchange for an advance fee

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Within the past 24 hours a number of businesses throughout the UK have received extortion demands from a group calling themselves ‘Lizard Squad’.

Method of Attack:

The group have sent emails demanding payment of 5 Bitcoins, to be paid by a certain time and date. The email states that this demand will increase by 5 Bitcoins for each day that it goes unpaid.

If their demand is not met, they have threatened to launch a Denial of Service attack against the businesses’ websites and networks, taking them offline until payment is made.

The demand states that once their actions have started, they cannot be undone.

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