Frauds

Laurent Colombant, Continuous Controls and Fraud Manager at SAS, explores the role of continuous monitoring systems in helping organisations resolve procurement fraud

https://www.openaccessgovernment.org/procurement-fraud-continuous-monitoring/93119/

Technology is changing the way people do business but, in doing so, it increases the risks around security. Identity fraud is especially on the rise.

https://www.techradar.com/news/how-to-detect-and-prevent-identity-fraud

The coronavirus pandemic has changed just about every aspect of daily life, and credit card fraud has not been spared.

Advertising on connected TV is increasingly being targeted by fraudsters, according to a report commissioned by software provider DoubleVerify.

https://www.digitaltveurope.com/2020/08/19/connected-tv-ads-increasingly-targeted-by-fraudsters/

More than £175,000 has been stolen from Scots in the north-east of the country through romance fraud over the past year.

A MAN has been charged with fraud after an elderly resident was targeted by suspected fraudsters in Leominster.

Research commissioned by GoCompare Money found that a third of UK adults are avoiding using cash because of the risk of spreading coronavirus.

 https://www.yourmoney.com/saving-banking/brits-shunning-cash-due-to-fear-of-covid-spread/

The High Court has been asked to clarify whether the Fraud Compensation Fund, managed by the board of the Pension Protection Fund, could pay compensation to victims of pension scams.

A couple have been sentenced for pretending to be victim of a series of made-up motor collisions following an investigation by City of London Police’s Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department (IFED), supported by the Insurance Fraud Bureau (IFB).

https://www.insurancefraudbureau.org/media-centre/news/2020/couple-sentenced-after-playing-victim-of-made-up-motor-collisions/

Police have issued a warning to members of the public after scammers used various ways to con people out of money on Wednesday August 12, including cold-calling at homes claiming to be from an online retailer and asking for payment.