Parking
Job
Bank Card
Card fraud
Criminals trick people into revealing card details, security codes, or one-time passcodes, then use them for purchases or account abuse.
Romance
Romance scams
A scammer builds emotional trust over time, then invents emergencies or investment opportunities to extract money and personal details.
Identity theft
Identity theft
Fraudsters gather enough personal data to impersonate you, open accounts, bypass security checks, or misuse your financial identity.
Impersonation
Impersonation scams
Scammers pretend to be banks, police, delivery firms, HMRC, employers, or someone you trust to pressure you into action.
Online
Online scams
Fake emails, cloned websites, bogus social profiles, and malicious links are used to steal money, passwords, and personal information.
Purchase
Purchase scams
Fraudsters advertise goods or services that do not exist, are counterfeit, or never arrive after payment is made.
Holidays
Holidays scams
Fraudulent travel offers, fake accommodation, cloned booking pages, and pressured deposits are common in holiday-related scams.
Crypto
Investments
Investment fraud
High returns, low risk, and urgency are common hooks. The money is often unrecoverable once sent to the fraudster.
Invoice
Invoice and mandate
Payment details are altered so regular invoices or supplier payments are redirected into a criminal’s bank account.
Delivery
Delivery scams
Fake parcel notifications claim a missed delivery, customs fee, or redelivery charge and push you to click a malicious link.
Banking fraud
Banking fraud
Victims are manipulated into transferring money, revealing credentials, or authorising payments after contact from a fake bank or “security team”.
Lottery
Sextortion
Payment in advance
Payment in advance
You are told to pay first for fees, deposits, clearance, transport, tax, or release of funds, but the promised result never appears.
Charity
Phishing
Recovery
Ponzi
Fakes
QR Code
Catfish
Loan Fees
Pig Butchering
Ticket
