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Listen: How criminals are cloning your voice with AI to set up direct debits

Criminals are using artificial intelligence to clone people’s voices and set up unauthorised direct debits over the phone, National Trading Standards (NTS) has warned.

The Independent UK

How criminals are using AI to clone victims’ voices and set up direct debits

Victims often did not realise payments were being taken, National Trading Standards warned

The Independent UK

Criminals using AI to clone voices and set up direct debits

National Trading Standards said it blocked almost 21 million scam phone calls and shut down 2,000 numbers in a six-month period.

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Dartford Crossing: drivers warned over scam websites that lead to fines

Thousands of people thought they paid the Dart Charge, but only realised when they got a penalty charge notice

The Guardian - UK

Fake websites alert for Silvertown and Blackwall tunnels after drivers conned by 'copycat' sites

Warning issued after two men were sentenced for stealing more than £2.2m using 40 unofficial websites

Evening Standard

Urgent warning issued for anyone buying last-minute Glastonbury Festival and Oasis tour tickets

The Government has issued a warning as part of its wider crackdown on scammers

The Independent UK

Music fans urged to be wary of last-minute Glastonbury and Oasis ‘offers’

Some £1.6 million was reported lost to ticket fraud last year, according to figures from Action Fraud.

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Ex-Brookside actor given jail term over £13.6m fraud targeting would-be models

Philip Foster was sentenced to eight-and-a-half years in prison for his part in a sham modelling fraud, National Trading Standards said.

Evening Standard

‘Greedy and dishonest’ touts sold tickets worth £6.5m, court hears

Ed Sheeran and Little Mix fans among those targeted by firm that resold on Viagogo and StubHub

The Guardian - UK

Fleetwood Town owner jailed for 13 years over £15m fraud as club makes statement

Andy Pilley, who took over the League One club in 2004, learnt of his sentence at Preston crown court on Tuesday afternoon having been found guilty of four different charges relating to the sale of energy supply contracts

Daily Mirror

Brazen Sunderland scammers made £2m by tricking people into buying European health cards

Siblings Damien and Dale Zadeh were directors of the companies behind misleading websites

Chronicle Live

Brothers scammed more than £2m from people tricked into paying for European health cards

Damien and Dale Sartip Zadeh, who used misleading websites as part of the con, have now been jailed for nine and a half years and eight years

Manchester Evening News

Ticket touts ordered to hand back £6m they made at major gigs

If they fail to pay it back they will be sent to prison for eight more years

Leeds Live

Ticket touts who made £9m by reselling Ed Sheeran tickets with bots ordered to repay £6.1 million

Peter Hunter, 53, and David Smith, 68, were jailed in February 2020 in a landmark court case after using 97 identities and computer bots

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Touts jailed for fraud over ticket reselling ordered to pay £6.2m

Peter Hunter and David Smith jailed in 2020 in first successful prosecution related to large-scale ticket fraud

Chronicle Live

County Durham fish seller who manipulated victims as old as 105 into buying fly-ridden fish jailed

Craig Henderson, 50, has been jailed for five years and seven months after pleading guilty to fraudulent trading

Glasgow Live

WhatsApp users issued scam warning as victims conned out of £1,950

More than half (59%) of people have received a message-based scam in the last year or know someone who has, according to a new awareness drive launched by WhatsApp in partnership with National Trading Standards.

The Independent UK

House hunters will find it easier to discover essentials about homes upfront

Key information is being included under a National Trading Standards project and experts said it could help reduce the risk of sales falling through.

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