In the UK, these scams have become an epidemic, rising 147% between January and March, compared with the same time last year. Why are they suddenly so common? And what can you do if you’re charged ...

As the winter season kicks in, scammers are not missing the chance to target senior British residents with bogus "winter heating allowance" and "cost of living support" scam texts. The scam campaign ...

Holidaymakers are being warned to watch out for travel scams after a bank recorded a jump in total customer losses to such ...

Big UK banks and big tech have joined together to commit to battling the ongoing fraud challenge which is impacting the financial services sector. Amazon, Barclays, BT, Google, HSBC, Lloyds, ...

UK consumers have been on the receiving end of a huge influx of online fraud, losing over £11bn ($13.8bn) in the past 12 months, according to Cifas. The fraud prevention non-profit surveyed 2000 Brits ...

Warning over new heatwave-themed ‘hi mum’ text scam sent to British phones - Fraudsters impersonate a son or daughter ...

HMRC has issued a warning to millions of Self Assessment taxpayers over the need to stay alert against potential scams. Scammers and fraudsters are impersonating the taxman and trying to trick people ...

Tech giants such as Facebook, Google and YouTube will be expected to proactively intercept fraudulent advertisers, ban them ...

Over £18m was stolen from Santander customers in the UK during the first three months of this year, according to the bank. In its quarterly report on scams, Santander said over £9m of the lost funds ...

Earlier this week Ofcom introduced new measures to help UK mobile operators “block, limit and disrupt scammers” from sending messaging scams (here). The cha ...

At a time when AI scams are on the rise, one mobile operator is fighting back -- with an AI grandma. In a blog post, UK mobile operator Virgin Media O2 introduced "Daisy," an AI granny whose sole ...