Elderly Britons are losing thousands to sophisticated scams where criminals pose as police and bank investigators. Victims ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The UK is set to ban ‘sim farm’ devices in an effort to crack down on mobile phone scams and fraud (Yui Mok/PA Wire) The UK is set ...

Ofcom is set to bolster its efforts against a surge in scam calls originating from abroad, particularly those mimicking UK mobile numbers. The telecommunications regulator has proposed new measures ...

Financial fraud has become one of the UK’s most damaging, persistent, and underestimated national threats. The appointment of the UK’s first Fraud Minister marks a decisive moment—one that could, if ...

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 ...

Young drivers have been warned over a growing wave of "ghost broker" scams, with fraudsters selling fake car insurance ...

The growth in fraud reimbursements accounted for around 65 per cent of the overall increase in Monzo’s customer account ...

Scambaiting is when the target of a phone or online scam knowingly tries to waste a scammer's time. Scambaiting can frustrate scammers and prevent them from targeting others. A UK company has now ...

Westpac has released new data revealing the effectiveness of Australia’s scam prevention efforts. Per capita scam losses in the UK (AUD$33.48) are almost double those in Australia (AUD$17.69). Losses ...

Paul J. Davies is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering banking and finance. Previously, he was a reporter for the Wall Street Journal and the Financial Times. Social engineering is one of the ...