（警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 the scammers

These scams see fraudsters masquerading as 合法的 companies by creating duplicate websites, 誤った emails or Whatsapp groups using a 会社／堅い's brand and logo ーするために steal money from unsuspecting 犠牲者s.

More than 150million scam and spam calls have been flagged by O2's AI-力／強力にするd 'call defence' tech since it 開始する，打ち上げるd in November. The feature, which was automatically 活動させる／戦時編成するd on all 両立できる phones on the O2 網状組織, 目的（とする）s to 警告する 顧客s of 潜在的に fraudulent calls before they answer.

Having seen an article about a celebrity who was 'making money while she slept' 経由で an 投資 with Equistak, that had an 初期の £250 deposit, I decided to call the number 供給するd. Over the next few weeks, I did see 不当な 利益（をあげる） accrue, and 投資するd more. But they then became very pushy, wanting me to 投資する £10,000 - which I do not have. I asked to の近くに my account and send the balance to my personal bank account, but it never arrived.

Around 6.6 million people in the UK have lost money to online scams in the last year, によれば Which?. And three ４半期/4分の1s of those conned fell 犠牲者 on the websites of 科学（工学）技術 巨大（な）s who 以前 committed to the 政府's voluntary Online 詐欺 借り切る／憲章 in November 2023. Tech companies - 含むing アマゾン, Facebook, Google, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, X and YouTube - 公約するd to 可決する・採択する 'a raft of 対策' within six months to 保護する 使用者s from scam content.

Last month, Caroline Enderby discovered 14,000 Nectar points had been used at a Sainsbury's 石油 駅／配置する in July without her knowledge. Cathy was told the points would only be refunded once she visited the 燃料 駅／配置する, because it is one that she occasionally uses.

Banks will be made to 返す scam 犠牲者s from 7 October, but the 最大限 量 they can refund has been 徹底的に 減ずるd. The new 支配するs will see the 最大限 payout 削除するd from the £415,000 限界 which was 提案するd in an earlier 草案 of the 規則s.

Entrepreneur turned 選挙運動者 Dave Fishwick has 明らかにする／漏らすd the things he wants everyone to know about keeping their 動きやすい phone 安全な from thieves, after he spent a day 'catching baddies' with City of London police officers. Fishwick 攻撃する，衝突する the streets with Sergeant Stu Ford, part of the team that this year apprehended Sonny Stringer - one of the most 悪名高い London phone thieves.

With many people flocking to UK beaches over the summer holidays , the importance of keeping your personal 所有／入手s 安全な is 重要な. But millions of people lose items every year at the seaside - or 苦しむ 窃盗s.

犯罪のs are 支払う／賃金ing Facebook to advertise their 偽の cash and the 地位，任命するs are 存在 left to be 見解（をとる）d by 攻撃を受けやすい 犠牲者s, This Is Money can 明らかにする／漏らす. Earlier this year, we 明らかにする／漏らすd how 犯罪のs were brazenly using social マスコミ 場所／位置s , 含むing Facebook, to 的 攻撃を受けやすい 使用者s 申し込む／申し出ing 解放する／自由な postage and 割引s on 偽札s.

Over six per cent of people in England and むちの跡s were the 犠牲者 of 詐欺 during the period, more than 二塁打 the three per cent that experienced 乗り物 関係のある 窃盗, and three times that of 犠牲者s of 犯罪の 損失 or bicycle 窃盗.

Malware - or malicious ソフトウェア - is helping to 燃料 a murky 暗黒街 of bank card 窃盗 on the dark web, it has been 明らかにする／漏らすd. 犯罪のs are selling ソフトウェア programs to other 犯罪のs which 許す them to more easily 収穫 unsuspecting 犠牲者s' personal card 詳細（に述べる）s - often on 'subscriptions' costing as little as £80 per month.

Millions of bank account 詳細（に述べる）s could be at 危険 of sale to cyber 犯罪のs after Santander became the 的 of a cyber attack by 切り開く／タクシー／不正アクセスing group ShinyHunters. Last month's 切り開く／タクシー／不正アクセス, which に先行するd a 類似の attack on Ticketmaster, has led to data relating to all of the European 貸す人's 210,000 staff, 同様に as millions of its 顧客s, 存在 妥協d.

Patrick became aware that a company had been 始める，決める up using his home 演説（する）／住所 in Oldham, Manchester. The company, which was 始める，決める up on 4 April, was 始める，決める up to grow 刈るs and was based in Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, nearly 200 miles away from the house Patrick has lived in for 30 years.

Britons are gearing up for the summer and events like Glastonbury and the Euros are just around the corner. But 犯罪のs are also planning their own summer 大当り, as these packed events are 熟した with 適切な時期s to steal unassuming 犠牲者s' phones. In the past, 犯罪のs would steal a phone to sell on for a quick 利益（をあげる） - but today, they are more 利益／興味d in using it to 伸び（る） 接近 to your bank account. Here's what you can do to make sure thieves don't drain your money.

As with our debit and credit cards, we 推定する／予想する some level of 安全 when we を引き渡す our 詳細（に述べる）s to supermarkets. Sadly, some Sainsbury's 顧客s can't say the same. We have written about many instances where Sainsbury's 顧客s have their Nectar points stolen. Why won't the supermarket do anything about it?

In December, I was mugged and had my phone stolen while on a night out. Around £3,900 was transferred from my 貯金 account to my Revolut account, where I believe it was used to buy cryptocurrency. I 報告（する）／憶測d all of this to the police and to Revolut, but it has 拒絶する／低下するd to reimburse me, 説 I 'authorised' the 処理／取引s. The money taken was my entire 貯金. I have just moved out of my parents' house in to my own place and without it I'm starting to struggle financially.

顧客s of 調書をとる／予約するing.com have told how they lost money after 落ちるing for a 納得させるing 詐欺 （罪などを）犯すd through the website's messaging app. As 以前 報告（する）／憶測d by This is Money, the hotel and short let website's messaging system has been infiltrated by scammers, who tell 顧客s that they need to 支払う／賃金 付加 料金s to 安全な・保証する their 調書をとる／予約するing and pocket the cash.

In a car park somewhere on the rugged Cornish coast, a Ghanaian scammer stands shivering and 混乱させるd. He has been sent here to collect the 支払い（額） for 10kg of 非，不，無-existent gold 約束d to the 犠牲者 of one of his scams. The fraudster is 推定する／予想するing to get £234,000 in cash. It's a 大規模な sum, by far outweighing the costs of the 6,000 mile 一連の会議、交渉／完成する trip from the Ghanaian 資本／首都, Accra. But, he has been tricked by a new wave of scambaiters. Here, two scambaiters tell us their favourite techniques - and how to stay 安全な from scams.

App 蓄える／店s are nothing if not unwieldy beasts. Every month, thousands of apps are 追加するd to the Google Play 蓄える／店, with 62,000 apps 追加するd to the 壇・綱領・公約 in November 2023 alone. Likewise, the Apple App 蓄える／店 saw 38,000 apps 追加するd during the same month. Unsurprisingly, with such high 容積／容量s of content, apps masquerading as 合法的 can, and do, slip through the 逮捕する. While the best advice is to stick to 公式の／役人 app 蓄える／店s when downloading apps, it appears that this is by no means a foolproof method.

It can take いっそう少なく than six hours to 切り開く／タクシー／不正アクセス 90 per cent of passwords, によれば 研究, leaving your online 身元, personal data, and bank accounts just clicks away from any hacker 価値（がある） their salt. But depressingly the two most ありふれた passwords remain 'password' and '123456'. Here's how to best keep yourself cyber 安全な・保証する in 2024.

Scammers continue to ride roughshod over the 法律, 的ing people with phone calls, text messages, emails, social マスコミ requests and even letters. Some are 平易な to 位置／汚点／見つけ出す from a mile off, with many of us having been 接触するd by a?Nigerian prince in need of help 埋め立てるing his lost 相続物件, or received a 貧しく-worded email 警告 that at least 574 ウイルスs have been （悪事，秘密などを）発見するd on our PCs. However, the 広大な 大多数 are not やめる so 平易な to 位置／汚点／見つけ出す, and fraudsters are coming up with new ones all the time. によれば 研究 from Which? 株d 排他的に with This is Money, there are five new scams that people should keep a keen 注目する，もくろむ out for this year.

顧客s 調書をとる／予約するing holiday accommodation on the website 調書をとる／予約するing.com are 勧めるd to be aware of scammers impersonating 本物の hotels. We have seen messages from fraudsters which appeared on the 場所／位置's 安全な・保証する messaging portal, asking them to make 支払い（額）s to 安全な・保証する a 保留（地）／予約. This is 類似の to a previous scam 報告（する）／憶測d in October 2023, when a number of travellers also said they had received fraudulent messages asking for 支払い（額）.

Shoppers have been 警告するd about the 購入（する） scams to watch out for in 2024 by Lloyds Bank. Thousands of people 追跡（する）ing for tickets, cars, pets, and much more were tricked into 手渡すing money over to fraudsters this year, with 購入（する） scams 急に上がるing by 42 per cent compared to last year. These are the biggest scams shoppers need to watch out for in 2024.