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The government is stepping up its fight against fraud by granting banks new powers to pause suspicious payments for an additional 72 hours. Previously, bank transfers had to be processed…
October 1, 2024
A convicted romance fraudster, Kye Hughes, has been ordered to repay more than £30,000 to his latest victim. Hughes, who met his victim online, tricked her into believing he was…
September 26, 2024
A cruel romance fraudster tricked a woman out of £128,000 by posing as an army officer in Mali. Maxwell Rusey, from Nuneaton, Warwickshire, convinced his victim to send him large…
September 24, 2024
Former BBC News broadcaster Moira Stuart recently shared how she narrowly avoided becoming a victim of authorised push payment (APP) fraud. With more than 230,000 people falling victim to APP…
September 22, 2024
HSBC has voiced strong support for tech companies to take on more responsibility for compensating fraud victims. They argue that the incoming compensation rules will not fully address the growing…
September 19, 2024
A pensioner from Fleet, Valerie Horwood, 81, lost over £140,000 to a cruel gift card scam that drained her life savings. Now, she’s speaking out to raise fraud awareness and…
September 16, 2024
With student loan payments rolling in, fraudsters often attempt to steal these funds using scams like smishing. Last year alone, millions of pounds were saved from fraud attempts, but the…
September 12, 2024
Fraud continues to affect thousands of people across the UK, not just financially but emotionally as well. A recent study by consumer group Which? revealed that victims experience long-lasting mental health issues….
September 11, 2024
Investment fraud has become a serious issue in the UK, leaving countless people financially and emotionally devastated. Every two minutes, someone falls victim to a bank transfer scam, many of which…
September 5, 2024
In recent years, fraud cases in the UK have risen dramatically, leaving many consumers vulnerable to financial and emotional harm. According to the Financial Ombudsman Service, UK consumers lodged 8,734…
September 2, 2024
Three men have confessed to operating a fraud website that allowed fraudsters to bypass banking security checks and steal money from UK account holders. The men, Callum Picari, 22, from…
August 29, 2024
A Salisbury couple recently lost hundreds of thousands of pounds to a sophisticated courier fraud scam. The ordeal began on the morning of July 9 when a man posing as…
August 26, 2024
Pension scams are on the rise, with around one in seven UK adults—approximately 7.3 million people—targeted in the past 12 months alone. According to the LV= Wealth and Wellbeing Research…
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