The government has announced a rapid response unit of specialists to identify false, misleading and misinformed posts regarding the Covid-19 coronavirus.
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It’s inevitable that unscrupulous people are already taking advantage of the Covid-19 pandemic to scam people, and several scams have already been seen, so please take care and remember that not everyone is out to help you!
The number of Authorised Push Payment Scams such as malicious redirection, where change of bank details are received from an apparently genuine sender, is on the rise.
We look at some of the common ways fraudsters use this to defraud people and businesses, and what you can do to help spot the fraud.
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A recent report from ABTA stated that in 2018, nearly £7,000,000 was lost to holiday fraudsters from UK holidaymakers. We look the the most commonly reported scams.
Romance Fraud is on the rise, it’s easy for a fraudster to setup a convincing fake account and take advantage of people.
Authorised Push Payment (APP) fraud is on the increase. This kind of fraud includes ‘Change Of Bank Account’ details fraud, and fraudulent calls pretending to be from the bank.
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In the wake of TSBs IT issues, when approximately 1.9 million users were locked out of their accounts for a prolonged period of time, opportunistic fraudsters have started targeting individuals with various scam messages in an attempt to gain access to your bank account.
Scams are getting more and more convincing and complex, using multiple ‘attacks’ to gain your trusted information, building complete profiles from your information. Here’s some up-to-date information on some of the latest scams to watch out for.
One of the regular occurring scams is back, being spread mostly by WhatsApp at the moment but likely to be popping up on other platforms like Facebook and Twitter
A recent Which? shoes how easy it is to fake text messages as being from your bank or credit card company. In the report the journalist along with ‘ethical hacker’ Scott Mcgready are able to create and send convincing fake emails that show up alongside genuine text messages from a bank.