Cybercriminals are cloning trusted news websites using AI-generated content to promote fake investment schemes, making it harder than ever to distinguish legitimate journalism from scams.

As the winter season kicks in, scammers are not missing the chance to target senior British residents with bogus "winter heating allowance" and "cost of living support" scam texts. The scam campaign ...

UK consumers have been on the receiving end of a huge influx of online fraud, losing over £11bn ($13.8bn) in the past 12 months, according to Cifas. The fraud prevention non-profit surveyed 2000 Brits ...

UK payment fraud losses reached £1.28 billion in 2025 as banks warned criminals are increasingly using AI-generated deepfakes ...

Fraudsters are capitalising on the UK heatwave with a new mobile phone scam, experts have warned. Fraud investigators say ...

Holidaymakers are being warned to watch out for travel scams after a bank recorded a jump in total customer losses to such ...

Big UK banks and big tech have joined together to commit to battling the ongoing fraud challenge which is impacting the financial services sector. Amazon, Barclays, BT, Google, HSBC, Lloyds, ...

Jonathan Frost argues that the UK must consider making the step from compensating victims to preventing scams and their proceeds reaching criminal networks and why Australia’s framework offers a pract ...

Over £18m was stolen from Santander customers in the UK during the first three months of this year, according to the bank. In its quarterly report on scams, Santander said over £9m of the lost funds ...

A major financial crime case has made headlines recently after a Chinese woman involved in an international fraud scheme admitted to holding illegally obtained cryptocurrency worth billions. This case ...

Home delivery companies Amazon, DHL, Evri, Royal Mail and UPS are the top five brands impersonated by scammers targeting the UK. And with Christmas fast approaching, Which? is warning shoppers to ...

People either enjoy or don’t like calling their grandma if she tends to ramble, but there’s one situation in which a long-winded elderly lady is certainly useful: fooling scammers. UK mobile network ...