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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Victims of a large-scale cryptocurrency scam are set to receive restitution from the UK following the arrest of the perpetrators, who the London Metropolitan Police seized thousands of Bitcoins from ...

Cybercriminals are cloning trusted news websites using AI-generated content to promote fake investment schemes, making it harder than ever to distinguish legitimate journalism from scams. The Latest ...

According to the Q4 2024 Global Call Threat Report, UK residents received an average of four spam calls per month, with the share of unknown spam calls rising from 28% to 32%. This tally has ...

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There are just three numbers everyone in the UK should learn in order to stay protected from scam phone calls that could ...

Home delivery companies Amazon, DHL, Evri, Royal Mail and UPS are the top five brands impersonated by scammers targeting the UK. And with Christmas fast approaching, Which? is warning shoppers to ...

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 ...

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