Fraud

Insurance worker jailed for selling customer data
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Liverpool
Posted
12 December 2023
Warning over QR code scam targeting car parks
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Gloucestershire
Posted
11 December 2023
Two arrested in France over alleged bedbug scam
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Europe
Posted
8 December 2023
Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford. The Art Forger, the Nazi, and "The Pope" Audio, 35 minutes
Being clever doesn't protect us from scams...
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BBC Sounds
Available for over a year
Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford. The Rogue Dressed as a Captain. Audio, 34 minutes
Humans aren't as obedient as we’re made out to be…but we still fall easily for fraudsters
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BBC Sounds
Available for over a year
Man denies swindling three pensioners of £250,000
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Wales
Posted
6 December 2023
Fraudster's hotel bid failed over bounced cheque
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Shropshire
Posted
5 December 2023
Man accused of swindling pensioners denies deceit
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Wales
Posted
4 December 2023
Grieving family warn of scam using images of son
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Kent
Posted
4 December 2023
Technology giants pledge action on fraud
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Technology
Posted
30 November 2023
Ex-PC defrauded housebound widow of £18k
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Devon
Posted
30 November 2023
File on 4. Artificial Intelligence: The Criminal Threat. Audio, 38 minutes
Artificial intelligence: are the criminals one step ahead? File on 4 investigates.
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BBC Radio 4
Available for over a year
Shoppers warned about Christmas scams
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Cornwall
Posted
27 November 2023
The £5m police fraudster who lorded over a village
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NE Scotland, Orkney & Shetland
Posted
27 November 2023
Council admits losing £52,000 to fraudsters
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Suffolk
Posted
25 November 2023
Man loses £2,000 to scammers posing as police
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Northern Ireland
Posted
22 November 2023
Council warning after QR code car park scam
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Tyne & Wear
Posted
22 November 2023
Police issue warning over cash for transfer scam
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Northern Ireland
Posted
21 November 2023
Resident in 90s loses £63,000 in bogus police scam
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Beds, Herts & Bucks
Posted
19 November 2023
Pensioner targeted in £13k station QR code scam
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Tees
Posted
18 November 2023
Conman swindled woman, 71, of £98,000, court told
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Wales
Posted
16 November 2023
Businessman admits £400k motorhome fraud
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Northern Ireland
Posted
15 November 2023
Fake Robert Burns manuscripts make millions
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Edinburgh, Fife & East Scotland
Posted
14 November 2023
Man feared bailiffs would visit after O2 phone scam
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Essex
Posted
13 November 2023