A man from Essex who lived a lavish lifestyle, has been jailed for eight years after mis-selling carbon credits to 130 victims in 2012 and 2013. He was found guilty of six counts of conspiracy to defraud and money laundering.
The police say victims received cold calls from apparent brokers through companies named […]
Heartless fraudsters are targeting victims threatening them with immediate arrest if they don’t hand over £1,000s immediately.
Fraudsters have been targeting victims claiming to be from HM Revenue and Customs, and the UK Tax office says it have received more than 60,000 reports of scam calls in the six months leading up to […]
A student has been jailed and four others have been sentenced over a £67,000 phone fraud. The judge in the case said the defendants acted as money launderers for a gang who defrauded a care home owner out of her entire life savings and destroyed her life.
The scam caused the victims business […]
The UK’s data protection watchdog has raided two companies it believes is behind millions of nuisance calls.
The two companies based in Birmingham and Brighton have been under the watchful eye of the Information Commissioners Office for a year after receiving hundreds of complaints.
The calls mainly concerned road traffic accidents, personal injury claims […]
Research carried out by Action Fraud and the National Intelligence Bureau has revealed that those suffering from mental health issues, an impairment and social issues or with a disability, are more likely to be susceptible to certain types of fraud. And most worryingly, the two organisations believe that fraud amongst vulnerable people […]
A grieving widow has told how she was tricked out of £50,000 by aggressive scammers posing as HMRC taxmen.
Linda Butler was so terrified into making repeat payments to criminals posing as HMRC officials who told her she could be arrested if she refused to pay a non-existent tax debt. Mrs Butler told […]
The Information Commissioner’s Office has fined a funeral plan firm for making unlawful marketing calls to people who had registered their numbers on a do not call list.
The ICO launched an investigation into Plan My Funeral Avalon after a national newspaper reported allegations of illegal practices. The investigation found that the company […]
Action Fraud is warning holidaymakers to avoid fraudulent flights and holidays. The National Reporting Service has received hundreds of reports from victims whose total losses amount to £98,043. Action Fraud say victims are being enticed by offers of cheap flights and package deals, and want people to be careful when booking this […]
TSB has become the first bank in the UK to guarantee all its customers will be refunded in full if they are the victim of a fraud.
Now, 5.2 million TSB customers will now be covered by the ‘Fraud Refund Guarantee’. TSB is the first bank to act under building pressure to help […]
A victim help centre in North Wales, say record number of over 70’s are being targeted by scammers, and one victim has had £140,000 life savings stolen.
The North Wales Victim Help Centre, which offers advice to people who have been victims of online and telephone scams, say that there were 34,500 cases […]
You are able to pursue a claim yourself to the Financial Ombudsman Service without incurring a fee
