Fraud Reports

HMRC is urging Self Assessment customers to be alert to fraudsters and scams that ask for their personal information or bank details. [...]

Colin Gray, Principal Fraud Consultant at SAS UK, looks at the technologies that can help governments fight fraud since the Energy Bill Relief Scheme came into force [...]

As the UK grapples with its cost-of-living crisis, scammers are taking advantage of people’s increased financial vulnerability. In the first half of 2022, criminals stole a total of £609.8 [...]

Flintshire residents are being warned to watch out for fake text messages claiming to be from the Government, inviting people to apply for the £400 energy bill support. It’s a scam – the £400 [...]

Welcome to the new Monthly Threat Update (MTU) for the City of London Police. This document provides an overview of Fraud and Cyber dependant crime trends using Action Fraud data for the period [...]

Claims.co.uk, the London-based injury claims firm, examined official ONS survey data from 33,735 people over the age of 16, to uncover the most common characteristics of computer misuse victims [...]

People are being urged to look out for energy scams as criminals seek to exploit the cost of living crisis. As people struggle, criminals are capitalising on the cost of living crisis by [...]

Despite being more natively tech savvy, younger people may be neglecting their online security. A new report has warned that younger consumers are the group most at risk of falling victim to [...]

POLICE have issued a public warning amid a spate of “sophisticated” scams. Every year, the public loses billions of pounds to fraudsters across the UK. “With scams ranging from the simplest [...]

More and more people around the world pay for goods and services online. The convenience of shopping by phone or other devices is obvious, but what about the potential downsides? [...]