A warrant has been placed on a man in Barrhead who pretended to be his father for six months while he went on an online spending spree. After charges were placed against George Petrie from Darnley Road he failed to appear on his court date. He is facing charges of spending over £1,500 on shopping […]
Tag: identity theft
UK identity theft hot spots revealed
A new survey by Experian has revealed that the top location in the UK for identity theft outside certain areas of London is Altrincham. The town in Cheshire has recorded 13 attempts at fraud for every 10000 adults and residents are being targeted at more than 3 times over the national average. This is in […]
Online fraudster used ex-girlfriend's details on his crime spree
An online villain, otherwise known as a fraudster, has recently been apprehended by authorities for using stolen and fake IDs for financial transactions. To make matters worse, he used his ex-girlfriend’s details that paved his way to go on a shopping spree worth £17,000. The name of this online villain is Barry Dockerty, whose ex-girlfriend […]
UK consumers most likely to be victims of identity theft
Recent research has been conducted by Equifax which has shown that UK consumers are the most likely in Europe to become victims of identity fraud. This research was conducted in September and it showed that those who were logging into their banking through the internet failed to clear their browser history, and many people stayed […]
Trading of personal details is a major cause of identity theft
A crime report has recently been conducted which involves 2 million people from the UK. It showed that the leaking of personal information is one of the main ways that people conduct identity fraud. It is estimated that 90 percent of the personal information that is illegally traded on the Internet involves people’s username and […]
Staff are the worst purveyors of customer data theft in the workplace
Recent studies have shown that one of the main considerations for workplaces in regard to data theft is the staff stealing customer data from the company. This is something that seems to have increased massively in recent years with various staff member stealing important customer information such as login details including passwords. This information is […]
Identity theft reaches crisis level
According to figures released by the UK’s Fraud Prevention Service (CIFAS), identity theft is at an unprecedented level. Identity details like dates of birth, internet logins and postcodes, are now so abused that they account for 65% of reported fraud, according to the Fraudscape Bulletin 2012. Richard Hurley from CIFAS said that they have been […]
Consumers need to be careful with identity theft protection companies
A new court ruling just made it a bit harder to fight against scams related to identity theft because the process of identity theft protection is now a bit more difficult than it already was with dozens of businesses making claims that they can protect you against fraud without the proper credentials. Identity fraud expert, […]
Keeley Hawes suffers identity theft while making drama about identity theft
Ashes to Ashes and Spooks star, Keeley Hawes, watched life imitate her role in the new ITV drama Identity as she became a victim of identity theft. The plot line of Identity involves an elite police unit that is in charge of crimes related to identity fraud, and the actor himself now is in the […]
ID fraud on the increase
New figures show that the number of people who are victims of identity fraud has increased by about 20% during the first part of 2010, when compared to the first three months of 2009. In fact, during the first three months of 2010 almost 27,000 people fell victim to a fraudulent activity. Out of these […]