HOMEBUYERS have been urged not to fall victim to scams, as they rush to complete on purchases prior to the stamp duty holiday ending on 31 March. Criminals are looking to benefit from the fact that buyers must transfer large sums of money to secure new homes.
THE UK towns and cities with the most catalytic converter thefts have been revealed, as well as those that have seen the biggest increases in the crime. from 2017 to 2020, London had 15,237 recorded catalytic converter thefts - unsurprisingly more than anywhere else.
The body responsible for car tax and vehicle licensing has warned drivers to be on the lookout for new phishing scams in 2021. Phishing scams dupe innocent victims into handing over personal details such as bank information.
TRANSPORT for London (TfL), London Councils and London’s boroughs are working together on plans for a trial of rental e-scoot- ers in the capital, with the aim of promoting safety standards and de- veloping a better understanding of the impact of this emerging mode of transport on London’s roads.
MORE than 2000 reports of comput- er software service fraud were made to Action Fraud last month. Victims reported losing a total of £2,148,976. Action Fraud has received reports of criminals purporting to be calling from well-known broadband providers claiming there a problem with their PC router or internet.
THE head of an Organised Criminal Network and nine co- defendants have been sentenced following a policing operation Operation Edge. Matthew Harrod, the head of the OCN, was jailed for 22 years'after being found guilty of conspiracy to supply cocaine, amphetamine and cannabis
THE public is being told to remain vigilant as victims report losing £242,000 to criminals purporting to be from parcel delivery company DPD. In November alone, the Suspicious Email Reporting Service (SERS) received 5,478 reports of suspicious DPD emails.
British Pensioner Lesley Udberg, who claimed £17,000 of UK benefits – even though she was living the high life in Spain- has been found guilty of two counts of dishonestly claiming more than €19,000 (£17,000) while she was living abroad.
SAVERS who were persuaded to put £47m into a property development company promising “guaranteed” returns will lose all of their investment after only a handful of homes were built and sales of the undeveloped land barely covered the firm’s debts.
PHISHING is a dangerous and expensive scam and if you are unfortunate enough to get hooked by the criminals it could wipe out your life savings. It is a well known method used by fraudsters to access valuable personal details, such as usernames and passwords.
BY 2022 counterfeiters are expected to be raking in almost £2 trillion a year making it the largest and most successful criminal enterprise in the world. As a result more than five million people will lose their jobs as genuine retailers are forced to close
HEWLETT Packard India said counterfeit goods worth $6 million were seized by the authorities between November 2019 and July 2020, and more than 10,000 websites selling fakes were de-listed as part of its blitz on fraudulent printing supplies.
FALLING in love can be exciting, flowers delivered to your door, candlelit dinners and exotic holidays. But foreign criminals are moving in on romance and are fleecing elderly women of thousands by using bogus identities.
SHARE sale, boiler room, hedge fund or bond fraud involves bogus stockbrokers, usually based overseas, cold calling people to pressure them into buying worthless shares. Meet the merciless new wolves of Wall Street trying to steal your savings..
UK Finance is urging people to be aware of criminals exploiting Covid-19 to target their victims, after figures revealed a sharp rise in impersonation scams in the first half of this year with almost 15,000 scam cases reported.
The illicit trade in wildlife generates billions of dollars for criminal networks and is one of the most lucrative operations globally. But it can have significant economic impacts claims an OECD report into wildlife crime which has caused outrage across the world.
An awareness campaign has been launched by AGE UK to help those residents over 55 living in Dudley and Wolverhampton in the West Midlands to tackle the increasing threat of fraud. The elderly are generally the prime target for crooks.
THERE’S one thing most of us dream about and that is winning the lottery and how it will totally change our lives. Every week millions of people across the globe choose their numbers in either the national lottery, a localised scheme or on the internet. But beware...
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