Frauds

Insurance fraud in the UK is on the rise, in 2018 alone UK insurance fraud cases reached a combined value of £17 million, almost £5m more from 2017. The Fighting Fraud special report, published in The Times, explores the cost of fraud for various global industries, Brexit causing UK fraud concerns to rise, and the dark side of medical image manipulation. It examines the importance to educate and caution younger generations on financial risks with online data sharing and emerging technologies that help to combat the rise in cybercrime. Finally, it covers the real cost of cybercrime through an infographic looking at what companies stand to lose with poor cybersecurity.

https://www.raconteur.net/fighting-fraud-2019

BRITISH police service on Monday (21) said it had shut down two sophisticated criminal call centres in India’s Kolkata, instrumental in defrauding thousands of victims in the UK alone, with the cooperation of local police.

https://www.easterneye.biz/uk-police-shut-down-two-sophisticated-criminal-call-centres-in-india/

57-year-old fined thousands after subletting council flat

https://twitter.com/MFF_Forum/status/1188518446377656320

North Wales Police are warning the public to be alert to courier fraud scams after Police received a number of reports from members of the public last week.

http://www.deeside.com/warning-over-fraudsters-claiming-to-be-police-officers/

A 22-year-old man has been charged with fraud by false representation.

The UK’s cyber security experts stopped more than a million cases of payment card fraud over the last year.

Don’t trust your phone – it can lie to you. Or more accurately, criminals can lie to you by manipulating your phone’s caller ID to make you think you’re speaking to someone else. If someone rings you from a withheld number claiming to be from your bank, you’re likely to be suspicious – and scammers know this. So to achieve a veneer of authenticity in their attempt to part you from your cash, they’ll make the number that appears on your screen match the one on your bank statement, or on the back of your debit card.

https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/jenny-ross-who-s-calling-it-may-not-be-who-it-seems-1-5033302

The UK’s cyber security experts stopped more than a million cases of payment card fraud over the last year.

A man has been found guilty of blowing up his failing furniture shop and devastating a community so that he could claim on his insurance.

https://www.cps.gov.uk/mersey-cheshire/news/man-found-guilty-blowing-his-failing-furniture-shop-claim-insurance

Police officers and staff from across the country are set to attend a special national Courier Fraud Practitioners Day, tomorrow (Thursday, 17 October).