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Criminal gangs are selling forged Covid certificates at airports for hundreds of pounds, it emerged today. Several countries, including Britain, require proof of a recent negative test from all international arrivals – but gangs are helping people slip through the net for as little as £35. Europol issued a warning about the documents as it … Read more
Online fraudsters hit lockdown shoppers as stolen payment cards for sale on ‘dark web’ rise By Neil Craven for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:16 GMT, 26 December 2020 | Updated: 22:58 GMT, 26 December 2020 Cyber security experts recorded a sharp rise in online shopping fraud in November as stores shut during the month-long … Read more
TikTok ‘broken TV’ prank has sparked wave of fake insurance claims from fraudsters pretending their screens are cracked Popular prank on TikTok tricks parents into believing their TV screen is broken Children are showing an image of a cracked screen and recording their reactions The prank has now caused a rise in fraudulent home insurance claims, says … Read more
Online vehicle scams are on the rise with victims losing a total of £16.5million in nine months of this year alone, new research has revealed. This is up 10 per cent on the same months of March and November last year, according to data from Action Fraud. Vehicle scams often involve fraudsters posting images of … Read more
Scammers are yet again targeting hard-up savers looking for a better return on their money by impersonating legitimate banks, with victims losing hundreds of millions of pounds since March. American bank JP Morgan Chase has once again been impersonated by fraudsters, who have pretended to be a little-known investment arm of the giant in an … Read more
Two fraudsters operating out of a south London office block are swindling the taxpayer by arranging fake bounce back loans worth tens of thousands of pounds a time, the Daily Mail reveals today. Our undercover investigation shows the business consultants brazenly helping clients claim the sham loans worth up to £50,000 each. With a Covid-19 … Read more
Fraudsters dupe Indian doctor into buying Aladdin-style magical wish-granting lamp for £72,000 – even conjuring up their own GENIE – as two men are arrested over scam Laeek Khan approached police after he realised the lamp wasn’t actually magic The doctor paid 7,000,000 rupees (£71,842) for the fraudulent lamp Two men were arrested and are … Read more
Scammers have used the chaos of the coronavirus pandemic to pose as everything from airlines, to mobile phone providers and streaming services and steal millions of pounds from victims in impersonation scams. Fraudsters have continued to cold-call victims stuck at home pretending to be their bank or the police to convince them that their money … Read more
The £26bn coronavirus loans fiasco: Fraudsters have snapped up a fortune from bounce-back handouts intended to help small firms during lockdown Staggering potential bill revealed after investigation by National Audit Office The scheme was rushed out by Chancellor Rishi Sunak in May Mr Sunak promised they would provide a ‘quick and easy’ lifeline for firms By … Read more
A woman was conned out of £1,680 when she was tricked into renting a non-existent flat by a fraudulent Airbnb website. Laura Shone, 34, found a flat in Islington listed on Facebook Marketplace for £880 a month. But when she was told the ‘owner’ usually rented it through Airbnb but wanted a longer tenancy due … Read more