90-year old Hong Kong Woman scammed by fraudsters – $32m. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-56811380
22
May
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07
May
‘Crash for Cash’ fraudster sentenced
for Dangerous Driving and Fraud by False Representation, the man from Bolton deliberately caused a dangerous collision between three vehicles… https://www.cityoflondon.police.uk/news/city-of-london/news/2021/may/ifed/dangerous-crash-for-cash-fraudster-sentenced-after-deliberately-causing-motorway-collision/
04
Apr
Over 6,000 cases of Covid related fraud recorded by UK police during the pandemic.
This includes significant attacks against the country’s pandemic response infrastructure, involving attempts to breach the NHS, vaccine producers & supply chains, among other organisations… https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/technology-56499886
20
Mar
Top 4 Covid-19 Scams
Malicious Websites Phishing Emails Fraudulent Charities Unemployment Scams
19
Mar
We have compromised many fraud operations that use COVID-19 as a key asset to run their scams.
These include: 1) Shipping frauds, internally for the company working globally in Countries such as Azerbaijan, Tanzania, Romania, India and Russia, to name a few 2) Fire investigations either corroborating or disproving the official findings 3) Thefts of antiques and valuable paintings4) Thefts of plant and machinery for the tool hire and construction industry Be careful […]
24
Feb
Actor who netted over £5,000 in benefits con
An film extra actor was caught out by secret filming after telling the Department of Work and Pensions he was suffering a severe level of disability. https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/actor-who-netted-over-5000-23518961
16
Feb
Fraud is the most common crime committed against businesses
There are many forms of fraud – here are just four and how you can defend your business against them… https://morningbusinesschat.com/fighting-fraud-in-your-business
16
Feb
Fraud ‘is now national security threat’
Fraud is the crime UK citizens are most likely to fall victim to, with members of the public being targeted by credit card, identity and cyber-fraud and the private sector takes the largest financial losses… https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-55769991
24
Jan
Excellent article by our colleague and fellow ABI Governing Council member Dick SMITH QPM
Here he provides us with a personal view of why reports of major fraud go largely rejected by the authorities. https://www.theabi.org.uk/news/too-many-cooks-.-.-and-none-of-them-actually-cooking
Fraudsters are targeting elderly and vulnerable people with a vaccine scam.
If you receive an email, text message or phone call purporting to be from the NHS and you are asked to provide financial details, or pay for the vaccine, this is a scam. The vaccine is free of charge and at no point will people be asked to pay. If you believe you are the […]