Indian call centres axed as UK police shut IT fraud ring
Two criminal call centres in Kolkata, India, which were instrumental in defrauding thousands of victims in the UK alone through…
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Loyalty card fraud trial exposes ‘back door’ data theft
A major fraud perpetrated against two of the UK’s leading loyalty programmes – Tesco Clubcard and Boots Advantage Card –…
Morrisons man is spared jail after More loyalty fraud
A hapless Morrisons staffer, who defrauded the supermarket giant out of more than £42,000 by loading millions of points on…
Call for data action plan to fight £10bn fraud arms race
The Government is being urged to launch a co-ordinated assault on so-called “suckers lists”, used to target vulnerable consumers, by…
‘Wolves of Wind Street’ gang are banged up for 12 years
A gang of four men, who called themselves “The Wolves of Wind Street”, have been jailed for a total of…
Porn site blackmailer gets banged up for over 6 years
A man who blackmailed porn site users into coughing up hundreds of pounds to unlock their screens in what police…
Swansea telemarketing gang guilty of ‘free’ boiler fraud
A gang of four men who ran a huge telemarketing scam out of an office in Swansea, which it is…
Virgin Media bogus mailshot triggers fraudster warning
Virgin Media customers have been warned to be on their guard following a mailshot scam which saw one Portsmouth man…
Why is big data never there when you actually need it?
Earlier this summer I cycled from London to Paris to raise money for charity. Sadly, one of my dearest friends…
Consumers left hanging on the phone at Action Fraud
Just weeks after it was claimed that consumers have to “jump through hoops” to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office…