Scammers stole £47m from the online accounts of 100,000 people through posing as taxpayers, HMRC has revealed. The tax authority said it is writing to those affected to confirm it has secured their accounts and that they haven’t lost any money. “These are attempts to claim money fraudulently from HMRC, not from customers,” HMRC said....
Nathan Heath BBC West Investigations BBC Anthony Rudd had power tools stolen in a fake banking app scam A man who lost £1,000 worth of tools after being scammed by a fake banking app has said it makes you “lose faith in humanity”. The apps mimic legitimate mobile banking platforms and allow fraudsters to fake...
Tamasin Ford BBC Global Disinformation Unit and Africa Eye Undercover footage shows Dr Kelvin Alaneme explaining how he sells UK jobs to foreign nationals Recruitment agents who scam foreign nationals applying to work in the UK care sector have been exposed by BBC secret filming. One of the rogue agents is a Nigerian doctor who...