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UK’S TOP YOUNG CYBER PROSPECTS ANNOUNCED FOLLOWING MATRIX CHALLENGE 2020
The country’s brightest young cyber minds have been crowned winners of Matrix Challenge 2020, a competition pitting the most talented 11-17-year-olds against a series of digital tasks aimed at promoting positive pathways into cyber security careers. Beginning in...
Surprise! Drug dealers open door to our armed cops
Two drug dealers got the fright of their lives when they opened the door of their Birmingham flat to be greeted at gunpoint by our armed officers. We’d contained the block of flats in Monmouth Road, Bartley Green, during a warrant after receiving intelligence Wesley...
ROMANCE SCAMS ON THE UP DURING LOCKDOWN
Romance Fraud UK Finance is today urging the public to be vigilant and look out for friends and family to help keep them safe from romance scams this Valentine’s Day. New data from UK Finance reveals a 20 per cent increase in bank transfer romance fraud between...
Middle class cocaine users fuelling County Lines abuse
We’ve sent text messages to the numbers of more than 2,000 customers found on a County Lines drugs phone – urging them to seek addiction help and stressing they are fuelling the exploitation of children. The phone was seized as part of an investigation into a drugs...
ATTACK OF THE CLONE FIRMS: OVER £78 MILLION STOLEN IN ‘CLONE FIRM’ INVESTMENT SCAMS
Number of reports of ‘clone firm’ investment scams has increased by 29% since UK went into first lockdown Consumers report losses of more than £45,000 each, on average 77% of investors do not know or are unsure what a ‘clone investment firm’ is ScamSmart campaign...
Don’t let fraudsters abuse Covid support
Don't Let Fraudsters Abuse the COVID Support Following measures to reduce the severity of COVID social distancing on the UK economy, the government announced financial stimulus packages, including grants and loans, to help those struggling financially during...