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Research from Which? found hundreds of investment ads on Facebook and Instagram that could be misleading investors into potential investment scams.
https://moneyweek.com/investments/investment-strategy/605571/facebook-instagram-investment-scams
Scammers are using the cost-of-living crisis to trick consumers out of their hard-earned cash. Here are the four latest scams that you need to be watch for, according to Action Fraud.
https://www.yourmoney.com/household-bills/four-new-scams-to-watch-for-in-the-run-up-to-christmas/
An alert is being made about a scam involving fraudsters pretending to be police trying to extract money from people. In the last week Gloucestershire Police has received seven reports of alleged frauds being made via telephone dialling codes 01608, 01386 and 01451.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/paddington-police-station-scam-warning-after-fraudsters-target-gloucestershire-area-codes/ar-AA157C1l
New warning from Action Fraud about cost of living scams in the run up to Christmas.
https://www.actionfraud.police.uk/news/criminals-are-using-the-cost-of-living-crisis-to-scam-the-public-dont-become-a-victim
More than half of social media purchase fraud is linked to Facebook, according to TSB. We warn you what to look out for
https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/cost-of-living/facebook-marketplace-scam-fraud-con-25652056
Lancashire's police and crime commissioner is urging shoppers to be wary of scammers this Christmas after online shopping fraud in the county topped £1m in the last year.
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/police-continue-crackdown-shopping-scammers-144500958.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=tw&tsrc=twtr
Woman who was conned out of £32,000 after she came to Britain was initially refused compensation because she used a debit card to transfer money from her account
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2022/nov/28/scam-attack-on-ukrainian-mother-exposes-flaw-in-uk-bank-safeguards?CMP=share_btn_tw
The UK’s biggest-ever fraud sting has brought down a phone number spoofing site used by criminals to scam thousands of victims out of millions of pounds.
https://eandt.theiet.org/content/articles/2022/11/uk-s-biggest-fraud-sting-takes-down-ispoof-site-linked-to-200-000-victims/#.Y4E_2mP9Cac.twitter
Most families will do some shopping on Black Friday, giving fraudsters an easy chance to try to get their hands on your money
https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/whats-on/shopping/black-friday-scams-email-con-25561164?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar
Phone users will be better protected against scammers using fake phone numbers, under new rules announced today by Ofcom.
https://www.cityam.com/ofcom-clamp-down-on-fake-number-fraud/
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