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HMRC has warned UK taxpayers working on their Self Assessment filings that it has already received tens of thousands of reports related to suspected scams. The UK tax office revealed that it received more than 135,500 reports since February 2025, including 4800 related to the Self Assessment system it uses to collect income tax from the […]
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Spear phishing is when fraudsters use any information they already attained about you – such as your date of birth or place of work – to make scams targeting you much more effective. Phishing is one level of threat but this on a whole different level. This year in England, we’ve seen large-scale data breaches at
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Deepfake videos will use AI to digitally alter footage, they sometimes blend real visuals with fake audio to make it appear as if the person in the video is saying something they never said. This is regularly seen on on social media using famous fake people. However, this is increasingly being used to create completely
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Social media is still the primary source of scams for Gen Z consumers. In 2025, six in 10 (58%) reports from Gen Z customers involved social media, compared with 45% across all age groups according to Barclays. The widespread use of AI has made scams harder to spot. Three in four (75%) consumers believe AI
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Barclays customers are at risk of having their bank accounts emptied by fraudsters. The scams data shows investment scams accounted for 47p in every £1 claimed by victims this year. They have stated that half of UK adults have been targeted by a scam in 2025, rising to two thirds of Gen Z (64 per
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A scam phishing email which claims to be from NatWest tells you that the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will be making biometric login, using a biological trait like your fingerprint a mandatory requirement. This is the wording that they have choose to use in this scam. Dear Customer, As part of our ongoing commitment to
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Back in October there was a suspected hack by the Chinese, although this has not been officially confirmed. Trade minister Sir Chris Bryant told Times Radio on Friday that “there certainly has been a hack” but it is too early in the government’s investigation to confirm other widely reported details. The Sun claimed that Chinese state-sponsored attackers
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They are a bigger threat than ever and now more tools are at their disposal causing a great deal more devastation to the innocent victims. They cannot wait to grab your cash and runaway like the lowlife cowards that they are. Thanks to high speed connections, AI and plenty of experience they are on the
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The Labour government want to introduce I.D. cards in England and the rest of the UK for our own protection (the previous Government failed). Also to stop illegal working, immigration and fraud. They call it the ‘Brit card’ which is supposedly to verify a person’s right to work as well. Can that statement be true,
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The Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (Ofqual) is consulting on plans that will require exam boards to stick to paper-based exams for the 13 most taken GCSEs as well as A-level mathematics with no plans to change the structure. Most students taking school and college GCSE, A-level, and AS-level exams in England will continue to use
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