Citizens Advice issue warning over biggest scam targeting UK households - Fraudster roofers found to use doorstep sales ...

The UK Finance Annual Fraud Report reveals that criminals stole £1.28bn through payment fraud in 2025, a 4% increase on the previous year. Authorised push payment (APP) fraud losses rose even more ...

Many will also wrestle with feelings of embarrassment around having been a victim of this crime." The investment platform ...

Purchase scams are on the rise, as new data reveals they are the fastest-growing scam in the UK - here are the top 10 scams ...

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Fears of being scammed are causing one in three UK consumers to abandon online purchases, according to a study. Some 31% of consumers have stopped at least one online purchase because they were ...

One in four (24%) adults say they encounter scams multiple times each week, a report has found. Emails, phone calls, texts, social media messages, digital adverts and online marketplaces were common ...

The BBC is dedicating a full week to being a trusted destination for advice, insight, and engagement on how to spot and stop scams. — Kate Phillips, BBC Chief Content Officer Building on the success ...

Meta likely made more money from fraudulent advertising in the UK last year than the entire news industry made from legitimate online marketing. The owner of Facebook and Instagram has revealed in ...

Nearly half of adults have become so suspicious of scams they now ignore genuine emails, according to a survey. The poll of 2,000 adults found one in three are so worried about clicking on potentially ...

Ruthless criminal gangs are using AI technology to clone people’s voices in order to set up unauthorised direct debits over the phone, in a chilling new scam operations. The advanced voice cloning is ...