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This year’s NIDFPW, or National Identity Fraud prevention Week, started in London on October 17, and its main aim is to make both consumers and businesses aware of the ever increasing identity fraud theft, both in the home and the workplace. This is the 7th time the NIDFPW has been held, and once again it [...]  Increasing problems with rogue retailers of tickets and ticket fraud have meant that the society of ticket agencies has relaunched the ‘industry kitemark’ scheme. For the first time the scheme is offering to cover entertainment outside of theatres. The move to bring back the scheme is being organised by the agency as well as the Office [...] The police have asked major retailers to be aware of people who are reusing money-saving coupons illegally. Cash-strapped consumers are turning to illegal methods to save money in stores and new technology is allowing people to reproduce coupons with ease. Many stores have increased the number of vouchers they are issuing to encourage people to spend [...] Dating fraud is estimated to have affected some 200,000 people in the UK. A recent study that has been published by the University of Leicester has suggested that the number of people who are becoming the victims of dating fraud are much higher than expected. The study asked 2,000 people various questions about dating fraud, [...] Online banking fraud within the U.K. has reached its highest level for at least 3 years, although losses related to cards have fallen in most areas, according to figures from the industry that were released on Wednesday. Online banking fraud saw an increase of 55% up to £39m in the first half of 2011 in [...] oLast December saw an enormous price spike in oil heating bills and this has meant that consumers have been shopping around for a better deal. This has lead to some companies taking advantage of them and the Office of Fair Trading has recently stepped in. Some suppliers have been taking advantage of the popularity of [...] Insurance fraud is a new target for the Association of British Insurers, as a police specialty group has been set up to combat fraud and those who try to cheat insurance companies or individuals out of more money than they are entitled to. The crime of insurance fraud is thought to cost the government up to [...] Sports fans have been warned of the possible risk that tricksters will scam people playing on their disappointment of missing out on Olympic tickets for 2012. Some will not be able to secure tickets, even after the second series of sales and trading standards officers worry there will be fraudsters on fake websites promising to [...] As the music festival season get into high gear so will online ticket fraud risk. A new report from GetSafeOnline.org reveals that 10% of people have at some time been a victim of bogus and fake tickets. The report also has found out that over 50% of the online websites offering tickets for Glastonbury and [...] One in 10 drivers in the UK have admitted to having committed insurance fraud by naming themselves as the main drivers on the insurance policies of their children’s cars. The practice, known in the car insurance industry as ‘fronting’, is illegal and risks invalidating an insurance policy, but a survey by moneysupermarket.com found that large sections [...] |
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