On the 4 December, the City of London Police launched a new service to replace ‘Action Fraud’: ‘Report Fraud’.

The uncertainty surrounding its implementation has led to debate about whether it will be a cure for identity fraud, or ...

If politicians and policymakers were feeling jubilant this time last year following indications of a 10% drop in the levels of fraud in the UK, the plateauing of fraud statistics and the early ...

Fraud is now the most common offence in the UK accounting for more than 40% of reported crime. In the year to July 2025, around 4.2 million people reported being defrauded in England and Wales. Yet ...

Almost £50,000 a day was stolen as a result of pension scams in 2023, new data from the UK’s leading fraud prevention agency has shown. According to Action Fraud, scammers walked away with £17.7m last ...

UK Finance, a trade association for the UK banking and financial services sector, joined forces with Which?, a consumer advocacy group, to issue a compelling call to action in a letter addressed to ...