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Damien Sartip Zadeh and his brother, Dale, used fraudulent website to trick people into paying for the cardsTwo brothers have been jailed for defrauding £2m from “unsuspecting, ordinary, busy” people who were tricked into thinking they needed to pay fo…
Move adds to ‘arsenal of anti-scam initiatives’ as consumer rights groups call for laws to see banks reimburse victimsGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAustralian banks have announced a platform that will help the…
Ping, it’s a scammer! The sound of an incoming email, text, or direct message has a way of getting your…
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Digital fraud has significant financial and psychological repercussions on victims, according to Telesign. Businesses may find a new reason to fear digital fraud as the negative impacts of digital fraud on companies’ brand perception and the bottom lin…
Boss of industry body UK Finance accuses tech companies of ‘profiting’ from scams on their platformsThe boss of the banking industry body UK Finance has called on social media companies to reimburse victims of online fraud, accusing them of “profiting”…
Sometimes government employees actually get it right, and we talked to one of them.
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While anyone can fall victim to a romance scam, they disproportionately affect older populations.
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AI technology is fueling a rise in online voice scams, with just three seconds of audio required to clone a person’s voice, according to McAfee. McAfee surveyed 7,054 people from seven countries and found that a quarter of adults had previously experie…
In the first quarter of 2023 there was a significant increase in cyberattacks exploiting trust in established tech brands Microsoft and Adobe, according to Avast. The Avast report also found a 40% rise in the share of phishing and smishing attacks over…
TSB says 80% of cases in its main fraud categories come from scams on Meta platforms including InstagramMeta has been urged to take action to protect customers from fraud, after TSB said scams via the social media company’s platforms Facebook, WhatsApp…