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RSS fraud criminalseBay cracks down on Romanian con artists
News Online auction site eBay has made public the details of a three-year-long campaign to curb online fraud being perpetrated by criminals in Romania - an effort that has resulted in several hundred arrests. [28 Jun 2007]
£110m internet card fraud down to shoppers
News Careless shoppers are contributing to an annual £110m fraud bill from criminals who use stolen credit card details to purchase high-value goods over the internet and phone. The 'card-not-present' phenomenon has risen by a third over the last two... [10 Nov 2003]
Chip and PIN blamed for making ID theft easier
News Chip and PIN technology and ID cards will make it easier for criminals to engage in fraud and identity theft instead of tackling the problem, according to a leading criminologist. Dr Emily Finch, researcher at the University of East Anglia, claims... [05 Sep 2005]
UK fraud hits 12-year high as methods go high-tech
News Fraud in the UK hit a 12-year high last year as criminals increasingly turned to technology. A spokesman for KPMG said high-tech cons such as phishing and other online scams are providing new opportunities for criminals. [04 Feb 2008]
ID theft worsening
News Gartner estimated that the criminals responsible for ID fraud crimes have only a one in 700 chance of being caught, even though half the thieves know their victims personally. Avivah Litan, VP and research director for Gartner, said in a statement... [22 Jul 2003]
Online fraud still on the rise
News It's a lot safer than robbing banks and the police cracking down on other, offline areas of crime is driving criminals into fraud. There is infrastructure in place such as the networks of compromised servers and PCs which can be exploited, at a per... [02 Mar 2005]
419 crackdown must get to the source, say UK police
News NCIS claims the fraud is responsible for the theft of £150m a year from the UK and Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo said at a presidential committee on email scams this week that he plans to increase measures to crackdown on 419 criminals in... [27 Nov 2003]
£30m ID fraud takes down tax credit website
News The government has come under fire after it emerged ministers have known for months that criminals were using stolen identities to make £30m of fraudulent online tax credit claims. HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) was warned about the flaw over six... [05 Dec 2005]
Council of Europe set to blast cyber-crime off the web
News The treaty also lays out ways for law enforcement agencies in different countries to cooperate when pursuing cyber-criminals and terrorists guilty of publishing and accessing illegal materials over the internet. [13 Nov 2001]
UK blue chips taking 'ostrich' approach to net fraud
News He added that end user awareness of fraud, coupled with a decent security strategy, should keep the criminals at bay. It is not the 16-year-old hackers these organisations should be worried about," he said, "but the networks of criminals running... [08 Nov 2000]
Criminals make 20,000 false tax credit claims
News The huge rise in fraud attempts forced HMRC to close the online tax credits portal at the beginning of December last year after it discovered personal details of 13,000 civil servants working at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) had been... [16 Jan 2006]
Police chief: Cyber crime is everywhere
News Lemon said technology played an increasing role in serious crimes handled by Soca - such as people trafficking, drug smuggling and major fraud - that its use was becoming more sophisticated and it was linking up criminals across the globe. [19 Mar 2008]
eBay warns of Romanian phishing threat
News Last June eBay revealed details of a three-year long campaign to curb online fraud by criminals in Romania - leading to several hundred arrests. Lee added that eBay is often successful in tracking down the smaller online criminals but he warned... [10 Mar 2008]
Fighting Fraud: eBay scam highlights online risks
Comment And there is nothing to stop suspected criminals from trying their luck again with other auction sites. It's time to act to create a unified front against cyber criminals. Yet, already news of another internet fraud incident has hit the silicon.com... [18 Apr 2001]
Phishing is fastest growing form of consumer theft
News Crimes such as phishing, whereby criminals use misleading email and websites to dupe individuals into sharing personal data like passwords, accounted for a staggering $2.4bn in fraud, or an average of $1,200 per victim, during the last 12 months. [16 Jun 2004]
