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Beware iCloud calendar and photo sharing spam

November 25th 2016 iCloud users are being warned to ignore spurious spam messages relating to iCloud’s calendar and photo sharing functions as it may result in a greatly increased volume of unwanted spam – and potentially fraudulent...

25 November 2016

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Black Friday warning: sharp rise in scam ads on social media

November 24th 2016 New Action Fraud data shows sharp rise in people being defrauded via adverts on social media as  the Christmas shopping season begins This Christmas the City of London police, who run Action Fraud, supported by police...

24 November 2016

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Amazon shipping order email scam

21 November 2016

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Safety info for Three customers after data breach

November 18th 2016 Three men have been arrested and charged as a result of the data breach on mobile network Three. Unusually, the stolen data was used by the fraudsters to steal mobile handsets, but Three’s nine million customers are...

18 November 2016

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Fraudulent mails & calls warning for Tesco Bank customers

November 8th 2016 Tesco Bank customers are this morning being warned to be on the alert for fake emails, phone calls and other approaches made with the objective of committing fraud or identity theft – or both. They should also take extra...

8 November 2016

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Only 35% of Britons following Government’s latest password advice

October 26th 2016 Government urges Britons to #ThinkRandom to protect themselves from identity fraud For information and advice on safe use of your passwords, click here The latest government statistics from Ipsos MORI show that only 35% of...

26 October 2016

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Fraud & cybercrime cost UK nearly £11bn in past year

October 18th 2016 The UK public and small businesses are today being urged to start making every day safer as the latest online crime figures from ourselves at Get Safe Online and the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB) reveal that a...

18 October 2016

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