Brand impersonation of Investec and others Is someone claiming to be from Investec? Fraudsters may contact you by telephone, email, SMS/text, letter or direct you to a website. For example, they may tell you about an investment opportunity, or that you are the sole beneficiary of inheritance...
On the lottery, the notifications and all the other documents can be sent from any where in the world. But the string is not pulled from here, and you know it is global. Well I have not seen any that says Nigeria and there of them I have the format it is often UK, America and ...
On the lottery, the notifications and all the other documents can be sent from any where in the world. But the string is not pulled from here, and you know it is global. Well I have not seen any that says Nigeria and there of them I have the format it is often UK, America and ...
Social media impersonation can also refer to the takeover of real accounts. These accounts can be used for phishing activities or causing an individual or a company reputational damage. How You Can Protect Yourself Establish Secure E-mail Protocols: E-mails continue to be a common entry point ...
This is part of a wider issue with fraud involving the impersonation of lawyers from a number of firms. The SRA has issued an alert about one specific attempt that we have been made aware of recently in relation to emails purporting to be from David Parkes of this firm – more information...
Impersonation scams - where an individual poses as a member of bank staff or law enforcement who informs an individual that they have been the victim of a fraud. The individual is persuaded to transfer money to a "safe account" - which is in fact an account that the fraudster controls. ...
While the UK Finance’s Half year fraud update highlights the decrease of fraud by 2% compared to the previous year, that’s still £580 million stolen by criminals in the first six months of 2023. UK Finance warns that ‘the level of fraud in the UK has reached a point where it ...
Impersonation Firms Clone firms use fake websites that mimic genuine companies. Fraudsters try to obtain personal information or funds. These fraudsters will use a genuine investment company’s name and registration number but provide their own contact information. ...
Traditional third-party fraud entails some form of impersonation or stolen identity, whether through stolen card credentials or someone taking over your identity. At some point, many victims of third-party fraud become aware of the crime when unknown transactions appear on statements, or a debt col...
Banks have long had to deal with impersonation fraud. But as deepfakes and voice cloning become easier to generate, schemes in which scammers pretend to be anything from a prospective romantic partner to a family member in crisis have the potential to target far more people and with a higher...