Cyber crime now added to national statiscs, causes huge rise in figures. Over recent years there has been growing concern that the official statistics on crime in England and Wales…
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Worrying increase in fraudulent solicitor emails.
Worrying increase in fraudulent solicitor emails. A single mother from County Down has been left devastated after losing almost £77,000 in an elaborate internet scam that targets solicitors firms. On…
Chris Blackhurst: Lost thousands in a cyber scam? Sorry, there's nothing the banks can do
Increasingly, online criminals appear to be getting away with it. Chris Blackhurst: The other evening, the head of one our best-known banks asked me if I had any idea about…
PC support scams net con artists $1.5bn
Since May last year, Microsoft had dealt with more than 175,000 complaints about the bogus tech support calls. More than 3.3 million Americans will fall victim to fake PC support…