The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has issued a fraud warning. It comes with a stark alert that reads: "Your information can be used by criminals to commit benefit and other fraud."
In November last year Auction Fraud made more than 100 arrests in the UK's biggest fraud operation. At the time, more than 200,000 potential UK victims were said to have been directly targeted through the fraud website iSpoof.
At one stage, almost 20 people every minute of the day were being contacted by scammers hiding behind false identities using the site and posing to be from banks including Barclays, Santander, HSBC, Lloyds, Halifax, First Direct, Natwest, Nationwide and TSB. Now, the DWP is reinforcing its alert to be vigilant when it comes to personal information.
