{"id":26580,"date":"2016-09-20T06:01:44","date_gmt":"2016-09-19T23:01:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/fraud-soars-by-53-in-a-year-as-scammers-get-sophisticated\/"},"modified":"2016-09-20T06:12:26","modified_gmt":"2016-09-19T23:12:26","slug":"fraud-soars-by-53-in-a-year-as-scammers-get-sophisticated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/fraud-soars-by-53-in-a-year-as-scammers-get-sophisticated\/","title":{"rendered":"Fraud soars by 53% in a year as scammers get sophisticated"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nFinancial 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 \u2013 involving online and phone banking, debit and credit cards, and cheques \u2013 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…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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