There are many investigative companies nowadays offering a whole range of services, some with a great deal of experience and others sadly with little, that is why when you entrust your investigation into the hands of a private company you should first see if they are members of a credible body such as The Association […]
90-year old Hong Kong Woman scammed by fraudsters – $32m. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-56811380
St Albans Crown Court heard that the accountant from Hemel Hempstead, had used the money to fund an extravagant ‘City Boy’ lifestyle… https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-54896733
How can you protect yourself from sim-swap fraud which is on the rise… https://www.theabi.org.uk/news/sim-swap-fraud-is-on-the-rise.-how-can-you-stop-it-happening-to-you
The Insurance Fraud Bureau (IFB) are urging the Public to watch out for and report insurance claims scammers who are looking to exploit Covid-19 financial losses https://www.insurancefraudbureau.org/media-centre/news/2020/public-urged-to-watch-out-for-insurance-claims-scammers-looking-to-exploit-covid-19-financial-losses/#
Why should the plant & construction industry would use private investigators? There are a lot more skills we have other than following a partner in a suspicious relationship! There are so many areas that spring to mind where Surelock has a wealth of experience in plant & construction industry, in fact it would be fair […]
Former Irish High Court president Mr Justice Nicholas Kearns has criticised the State’s loss-making insurers for not seeking the prosecution of people found to have made fraudulent injury claims. When fraud is uncovered in civil cases, typically the claimant withdraws their claim without any further repercussions, he said, with insurers failing to make a complaint to […]
A male victim of a fraud, Terry (not his real name of course) contacted us recently following a “meeting” from a dating site with Lady E (let’s call her that because it isn’t her real name and neither is the name she gave the victim). In fact they never actually met, as all their ”meeting” […]
Issued by the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB) ALERT: 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 […]
Fraudsters are sending out virus infected emails that claim a package has been seized by HM Revenue & Customs upon arrival into the United Kingdom. The official looking scam emails claiming to be from Royal Mail contain a link to document which will install malicious software on your computer designed to steal credentials like account […]