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UK reportedly poised to slash amount banks must refund to fraud victims

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Tuesday, 3 September - 18:40

Regulator said to be planning cut to maximum amount available to victims from £415,000 to about £85,000

The UK is reportedly poised to slash the planned maximum amount that banks will have to refund to fraud victims from £415,000 to about £85,000 after strong lobbying from lenders, fintechs and some politicians.

Fraud in the UK payments industry has soared in recent years, with a sharp rise in authorised push payment (APP) scams, which often involve email accounts being hacked to trick people into sending money to bank accounts operated by criminals. Measures were announced last year requiring banks and payment firms to reimburse those scammed.

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O2 sent me a £150 phone bill for a call – after just one ring

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Tuesday, 20 August - 06:00

The network says I’m victim of a ‘Wangiri scam’ but I was in bed at 5am with my mobile nearby

Recently I discovered that O2 has billed me £150 for a mobile phone call it says I made to Armenia at 5am on 25 June.

As I was safely tucked up in bed at home, with my phone nearby, there was no way I could have made that call.

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UK motorists warned of fake parking QR codes being used in ‘quishing’ scams

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Thursday, 15 August - 06:00

Councils warn misleading codes may lead drivers to fraudulent websites where personal data is stolen

Motorists have been urged not to scan QR codes to pay for their parking after a spate of scams that take advantage of the move to mobile payments.

The RAC said drivers should be “very vigilant” and pay for their parking with cash, card or via official apps, rather than using a QR code that takes them to a website.

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Scammers target Jay Slater funeral offering fake paid live stream

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Thursday, 8 August - 11:00

Charity helping family of Lancashire teenager who died in Tenerife ‘inundated’ with reports of scams

Online scammers have targeted Jay Slater’s funeral, offering access to a fake live stream of the event in exchange for money, likes and follows.

There is no live stream of Saturday’s funeral of the 19-year-old from Oswaldtwistle, in Lancashire, who is believed to have fallen to his death after getting lost in a mountainous area of Tenerife on 17 June.

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Dell warns of “incident” that may have leaked customers’ personal info

news.movim.eu / ArsTechnica · Thursday, 9 May - 18:40 · 1 minute

Signage outside Dell Technologies headquarters in Round Rock, Texas, US, on Monday, Feb. 6, 2023.

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For years, Dell customers have been on the receiving end of scam calls from people claiming to be part of the computer maker’s support team. The scammers call from a valid Dell phone number, know the customer's name and address, and use information that should be known only to Dell and the customer, including the service tag number, computer model, and serial number associated with a past purchase. Then the callers attempt to scam the customer into making a payment, installing questionable software, or taking some other potentially harmful action.

Recently, according to numerous social media posts such as this one , Dell notified an unspecified number of customers that names, physical addresses, and hardware and order information associated with previous purchases was somehow connected to an “incident involving a Dell portal, which contains a database with limited types of customer information.” The vague wording, which Dell is declining to elaborate on, appears to confirm an April 29 post by Daily Dark Web reporting the offer to sell purported personal information of 49 million people who bought Dell gear from 2017 to 2024.

Ad posted to Breach Forums, as reported by Daily Dark Web. (credit: Daily Dark Web)

The customer information affected is identical in both the Dell notification and the for-sale ad, which was posted to, and later removed from, Breach Forums, an online bazaar for people looking to buy or sell stolen data. The customer information stolen, according to both Dell and the ad, included:

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Fraud rife on secondhand marketplaces Depop, Preloved, and Shpock

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Thursday, 9 May - 04:00

Survey of 1,300 buyers found 32% scammed on secondhand marketplace in two years, highlighting scale of APP fraud

Chinese network behind one of world’s ‘largest online scams’

Consumers have been encouraged to be vigilant when shopping online after research showed fraud was rife on secondhand marketplaces, with Depop, Shpock and Preloved named the worst sites, and problems also discovered with industry giants Amazon and eBay.

A survey of 1,300 buyers by Which?, the consumer champion, found that 32% had been scammed on a secondhand marketplace in the two years to January. The most common ruse involved consumers receiving incorrect goods or nothing at all, while others were delivered an empty package or counterfeit goods.

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How do we protect teenagers from sextortion scams? - podcast

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Monday, 6 May - 02:00

Murray Dowey, a 16-year-old from Dunblane, was targeted by a sextortion scammer in the hours before he took his own life. Now his parents are raising awareness of this increasingly prevalent crime. Libby Brooks reports

On the evening of 29 December, 16-year-old Murray Dowey was with his family in their home in Dunblane, Scotland. As they sat together watching TV, Murray talked about saving up money for a summer holiday with his friends.

At about 9.30pm, he went up to his bedroom.

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Taylor Swift fans given ‘urgent warning’ as £1m lost in ticket scams

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Wednesday, 17 April - 11:49

Lloyds Bank says more than 600 of its customers have been tricked by fraudsters so far

A rise in fraud cases involving Taylor Swift fans desperate to buy tickets to her sold-out UK shows has prompted Lloyds Bank to issue an “ urgent warning ” after more than 600 of its customers were scammed.

With the superstar due to arrive in Europe next month , the high street bank said its data suggested that UK fans had lost more than £1m to fraudsters so far.

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Millions more in cash needed to fund UK’s open-banking watchdog

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Sunday, 17 March, 2024 - 12:06

Exclusive: £10m needed for regulator charged with developing tools to thwart financial crime and protect consumers

Banks are under pressure to stump up millions of pounds in interim funding for the organisation that polices open banking , with regulators saying the new money is needed to prevent financial crime and protect consumers if things “go wrong”.

Large banks including NatWest, HSBC, Lloyds and Santander UK were among more than 40 City firms summoned by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) last week to discuss a cash injection into Open Banking Limited (OPL), the body that oversees innovation in this area.