The number one scam targeting UK households, according to Citizens Advice - Citizens Advice found fraudster roofers used ...

Christmas shoppers have been warned over websites purporting to be “ quaint UK businesses,” but are actually made by artificial intelligence (AI) and based thousands of miles away. BBC Morning Live ...

Many will also wrestle with feelings of embarrassment around having been a victim of this crime." The investment platform ...

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 ...

That’s according to the 2026 edition of Annual Fraud Report from UK Finance, which showed that criminals stole 1.28 billion pounds (about $1.7 billion) through payment fraud last year, a 4% increase. ...

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, ...

The Fraud Intelligence Reciprocal Exchange (FIRE) is a “threat intelligence sharing program” that lets banks share information with Meta directly so the tech giant can use it to stop scammers, ...

At a time when AI scams are on the rise, one mobile operator is fighting back -- with an AI grandma. In a blog post, UK mobile operator Virgin Media O2 introduced "Daisy," an AI granny whose sole ...

UK mobile carrier O2 has created Daisy, an AI grandmother designed to waste the time of phone scammers by keeping them on the line as long as possible. Anyone can report a scam call or message by ...