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A Which? investigation found 50 cases of fraudsters selling everything from stolen identities to credit card details.
Scammers are increasingly leveraging the coronavirus pandemic as a means of targeting savers and investors, with vulnerable consumers at the most risk, the Investment Association has warned
https://www.professionaladviser.com/news/4014588/investment-association-warns-heightened-criminal-activity-coronavirus-scammers
The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has warned of an increase in theft due to TV licensing scams.
A victim has lost thousands of pounds after cruel bank fraudsters struck in Telford.
The rise in coronavirus-themed scams was expected, but the numbers are surprising even the most experienced cybersecurity researchers.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2020/04/22/there-are-now-more-than-40000-high-risk-covid-19--threats-on-the-web/#57b2f3612722
A specialist police unit funded by the banking industry has executed warrants in London and across the country in a crackdown on criminals sending scam text messages and emails exploiting the coronavirus outbreak.
https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/82214/banking-industry-funded-police-unit-cracks-down-on-covid-19-text-message-scams-in-london
More than 40 cases of cyber-crime have been reported to police across Northern Ireland in just three days – the majority to do with so-called ‘sextortion’ scams.
https://www.itv.com/news/utv/2020-04-19/cyber-criminals-behind-dozens-of-sextortion-scams/
West Midlands Police highlighted a probe by Action Fraud who received 30 reports about fake emails that purport to be from the supermarket giant offering free vouchers
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/fake-tesco-vouchers-warning-police-18105524?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar
The National Cyber Security Centre has launched a reporting service for scam emails as part of a campaign to help people protect themselves from cyber criminals exploiting the pandemic
https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252481850/NCSC-launches-coronavirus-cyber-security-campaign
Police have received a number of reports of members of the public across the country receiving scam emails recently.
https://www.derrynow.com/news/news/534263/psni-issue-a-warning-about-a-scam-in-which-fraudsters-threaten-to-put-people-s-private-footage-online.html#.Xp4OGZvcsHA.twitter
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