All Brits have been urged to memorise three numbers that you should call whenever you suspect a scammer is calling you - as ...
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 ...
FOREIGN gangs are cloning Brits’ phone numbers to con millions from the public. The crooks use spoofing tech to swap their overseas number for a UK mobile number. This then flashes up on victims’ ...
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 ...
There are just three numbers everyone in the UK should learn in order to stay protected from scam phone calls that could ...
FURIOUS parents were fleeced out of millions of pounds last year in “Hi Mum” text scams – with an average of £1,000 handed over each time to con artists, we can reveal. Since 2022, network ...
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, ...
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New tools launched to protect people from scams

The National Trading Standards Scam Team have produced some new and useful tools to help you protect yourself from scams.
Range of potential measures announced by Ofcom include reducing risk of accounts being hijacked for scams ...
The PSR’s July 2026 evaluation found UK scam reimbursement cut APP fraud losses by £73m a year, with 97% of in-scope claims ...