Action Fraud is continuing to receive reports of businesses falling victim to “PBX Dial through fraud”. Find out what it is and how to protect against it. What is PBX…
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Friend or foe? Over 200 reports of ‘friendly’ fraudster email scam in three days
Fraudsters are turning to kindness with new phishing emails which encourage the recipient to open an attachment on the false premise that they could have already fallen victim to scammers.…
Identity fraud reaches record levels
A record 172,919 identity frauds were recorded in 2016 more than in any other previous year, according to Cifas, the UK’s leading fraud prevention service. New Cifas data reveals 173,000…
Fraudsters target universities in pay rise scam
We’re urging university staff to take preventative action following more than 100 reports from victims receiving bogus pay rise emails. Phishing emails claiming to be from university HR departments are…
‘Migrant Helpline’ phishing emails lead to Ramnit malware
Fraudsters are sending out a high number of phishing emails purporting to be from the charity ‘Migrant Helpline’ that lead to Ramnit – a type of banking malware. The email…
Adult Friend Finder user details leaked online
The personal information from hundreds of millions of AdultFriendFinder.com users have been leaked online. Adult Friend Finder is a service that describes itself as “one of the world’s largest sex…