Action on Elder Abuse Cymru is holding its first annual conference on the 21st November in Cardiff, entitled ‘Financially Safe and Secure? – Working together to protect older people from financial abuse’.  Deadline for booking places is Thursday 27 October. The day will cover scams as well as financial crimes perpetrated by people known to the […]

The game’s supporters tell us it’s a great way to get into online gaming and also taking regular exercise, but on the other side of the coin you’ll have heard about some of the negative aspects, like the potential to cause a road traffic accident by not paying attention when crossing the road, inadvertently trespassing […]

An alleged text message from Apple On Saturday, a friend of mine received a text message allegedly from Apple, to tell her that her “iapple account has been frozen”, and instructing her to visit a website – via clicking on a link – to validate her account. Needless to say (because you’re reading about it […]

NatWest has released details of some of the most unbelievable scams seen in the last year to remind everyone that scammers are going to increasing lengths to target customers. Each of the cases presented in this article was brought to the attention of NatWest’s Community Protection Advisers (CPAs). These anti-fraud specialists work with frontline employees […]

Baby’s first iPhone? The truth may not be that far off. Last year, The Daily Mail reported that more than 50 percent of parents said they had bought their kids a phone before their tenth birthday. And by high school age, the number is even greater—around 70 percent of teens in the UK carry and […]

Websites like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn put us in touch with ‘friends’ we’ve never seen in person.  And a lot of us look for partners online too.   These days a third of all relationships begin that way. That’s a lot of happy stories.  But what happens when you move from fantasy to reality and you […]

Identity fraud is rising in the UK: January statistics show that financial fraud is up 8% since the end of last year, and there were five million cases of fraud in 2015 alone. With fraudsters finding ever more inventive ways to try and steal your identity, and personal details being sold illicitly on the dark […]

Next Tuesday – 9th February – sees the return of Safer Internet Day. Coordinated in the UK by the UK Safer Internet Centre, the aim of Safer Internet Day is to promote the safe, responsible and positive use of digital technology for children. Childwise, a research agency, recently announced a landmark change in how children […]

More and more teenagers and young people are getting involved in cybercrime. Many do it for fun without realising the consequences of their actions – but the penalties can be severe. Cybercrime isn’t a victimless crime – it is a serious criminal offence and the National Crime Agency (NCA) and police take cybercrime extremely seriously. The […]

The Internet plays a positive and important role in our lives. Internet enabled devices and gaming consoles are present in most households and access to the Internet is available in many public locations. A huge effort is being made across the world to counter online extremism and terrorism, while protecting the online freedom of legitimate […]