Oct 13th, 2008
by editor.
APACS announces latest fraud figures
Plastic card fraud losses up 14% to £301.7m in first six months of 2008
Fraud abroad accounts for 40% of total card fraud losses
Online banking fraud losses up by 185% to £21.4m
Cheque fraud losses up by 35% to £20.4m
Figures released by APACS, the UK payments association, show that total card [...]
Sep 11th, 2008
by editor.
NORTHERN Constabulary is warning householders not to give out any details to cold callers claiming to be from their bank following further calls over the past few days.
Last month Northern Constabulary highlighted a number of cases in Inverness where residents had significant sums of money removed from their accounts as a result of the scam.
Police [...]