Criminals using artificial intelligence tools to take over mobile, bank and online shopping accounts, says Cifas ...

According to the Q4 2024 Global Call Threat Report, UK residents received an average of four spam calls per month, with the share of unknown spam calls rising from 28% to 32%. This tally has ...

Fraud cases in the United Kingdom climbed to a record level last year as criminals increasingly used artificial intelligence to scale up scams and take over personal accounts, according to new data ...

In the UK there has been a rise in fake HMRC and DVLA calls (both major government agencies) as scammers deploy voice cloning, spoofed numbers and urgent payment tactics. The telemarketing firm FLSC ...

Ruthless criminal gangs are using AI technology to clone people's voices in order to set up unauthorised direct debits over the phone, in a chilling new scam operations. The advanced voice cloning is ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. More than £600 million was stolen by fraudsters in the first half of 2025, as scam cases surged ...