Tag Archives: Action Fraud

Fake NHS COVID-19 vaccination messages target vulnerable public

The Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI) has received evidence of fraudulent messages sent to the public informing them that a dose of the new COVID-19 vaccine is available to them. People are ...

andrew 1131 views 0 likes Jan 6, 2021

Warning issued about suspicious social media adverts

The Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI) today issued a warning about a series of prize competition adverts appearing on social media. Particularly visible on the Facebook platform, the call f ...

andrew 1196 views 0 likes Jul 6, 2020

Financial fraud increases

The finance industry prevented £820 million of unauthorised fraud in the first half of 2019, up 14 per cent on the previous year, according to the latest figures from UK Finance. This is equivalent to ...

Mark 1124 views 0 likes Oct 28, 2019

Thousands being targeted by TV licence fraudsters

Charity predicts the number could rise significantly from June 2020 and calls on the next government to restore free TV licences for over-75s More older people are likely to be targeted by fraudsters ...

Mark 992 views 0 likes Oct 22, 2019