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UK drives international action to go after scammers at the Global Fraud Summit, hosted by the United Nations in Vienna on 16th - 17th March 2026 Fraudsters targeting the British public will be hunted down by a new INTERPOL Global Taskforce, launched at the Global Fraud Summit. Codenamed Operation Shadow Storm, the new taskforce will … Continue reading Global taskforce to hunt down overseas scammers
The Student Loans Company (SLC) is warning new and returning students to be vigilant of scams, as the new 25/26 academic year gets underway In September, SLC will pay approximately £2.2billion in maintenance payments to almost one million students as they start and return to university. However, at this time of year, students can be … Continue reading Students – be vigilant of scams
It maybe feels like there shouldn’t be a lakh or hetsy about it! HM Revenue and Customs is writing to 100,000 tax payers after detecting unauthorised access to online tax accounts. These incidents are said to have involved criminals using personal information they had already obtained from external sources to impersonate tax payers and claim … Continue reading PAYE fraud hits 100,000
Disclosure & Barring Service is providing support to job seekers for a safer employment search. Non-existent DBS check scam Persuading job seekers to pay for a non-existent DBS check is a tactic being used by fraudsters to extract cash from their victims, with January and February a peak period for scammers to pounce. Typically referenced … Continue reading ‘Fake DBS check’ recruitment scams
New measures to protect pension savers and help stop scam transfers in their tracks became law Monday 8th November 2021. The new regulations, which come into force on Tuesday 30th November 2021 mean suspicious transfers can be stopped from ending up in the hands of a fraudster, as pension trustees and scheme managers get new … Continue reading New measures protect pension savers from scams