By Kevin Peachey and Chris Johnston Identity theft is reaching “epidemic levels”, according to a fraud prevention group, with people in their 30s the most targeted group. ID fraudsters obtain…
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Cifas call for better fraud education as they reveal new fraud figures
New report shows over 325,000 internal and external fraud cases recorded in total in 2016, up from 321,092 in the previous year. Organisations successfully prevented £1.03 billion in fraud losses…
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…
Tech-savvy targeted by ID thieves, says Experian
Nearly a quarter of identity fraud victims in the UK last year were tech-savvy mobile and social media users, according to a credit checking service. Experian identified the group, which…