Property News · September 20, 2016

Fraud soars by 53% in a year as scammers get sophisticated


Financial services providers are launching a national campaign to combat rise in fraud and remind customers to stop and thinkFraud in the UK payments industry has soared by 53% in a year as criminals resort to increasingly sophisticated tactics to trick people out of their personal details and steal their money.Official industry data shows that a total of 1,007,094 cases of financial fraud – involving online and phone banking, debit and credit cards, and cheques – occurred between 1 January and 30 June this year. That compares with the 660,308 cases reported during the same six-month period in 2015. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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