Brits have reported a rising trend of receiving spam calls from unknown numbers and being told to add a number on WhatsApp. As well as a reported recent spike in spam offering PPI refunds, fake job ...

In the UK there has been a rise in fake HMRC and DVLA calls (both major government agencies) as scammers deploy voice cloning, spoofed numbers and urgent payment tactics. The telemarketing firm FLSC ...

That’s according to new research from the National Retail Federation (NRF), which finds external theft and fraud cases on the rise, even as the average number of shoplifting and merchandise theft ...

Your phone can be a connection to the outside world that helps you stay in touch with family and friends. But it can also be a means for scammers to get between you and your money through tricks and ...

I don’t know if you’ve noticed—honestly, I hope you haven’t!—but scams are starting to get scarily sophisticated. And that means they’re tougher and tougher to spot, even for the more savvy land ...

Scammers are getting smarter, and so are their tricks. From fake delivery alerts to impersonated government agencies, phone scams are more convincing (and more frequent) than ever before. Whether it’s ...

A 25-year-old UK man has been jailed for 2.5 years for helping steal nearly £200,000 in crypto via SIM-swap fraud. Here is how the scam worked and what happened ...

AI leaves quarter of UK adults ‘overwhelmed’ by sophistication of scams - National Trading Standards has launched an ‘AI Scam Watchlist’ to raise awareness among consumers of the latest scams and how ...