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 ...
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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 ...
Scams – some useful advice
It is an unfortunate fact of life that anyone can be targeted by a scam at any time, and in many cases the victim may not even realise that they have been targeted. There are many different types of s ...
Mature consumers urged to ‘act on scams’ in scams awareness month – July
At least 58% of UK consumers who bring their complaints about cross-border shopping to the consumer advice organisation the UK European Consumer Centre are over the age of 50. Andy Allen, service dire ...