by tacklingviolenceprofessionalshalloffame_zm1bll | Sep 22, 2015 | Blog, Front Page, News, Research
Voice phishing (commonly referred to as vishing) is the criminal practice of using social engineering over the phone to gain access to victims’ personal and financial information in order to defraud them. Fraudsters often pose as bank staff or police officers, and can...
by tacklingviolenceprofessionalshalloffame_zm1bll | Jul 31, 2015 | Blog, Front Page, News, Research
Identity theft has undoubtedly become a key challenge to the general public which is increasing. According to CIFAS, the UK’s fraud prevention agency, identity fraud increased by 31% during the first three months of 2015 and following these figures the City of...
by tacklingviolenceprofessionalshalloffame_zm1bll | Sep 30, 2014 | Blog, Front Page, News
A new breakthrough in microparticle technology may help to prevent the forging of currency and the sale of counterfeit, sub-standard and unsafe goods to unwary customers. Scientists and engineers at MIT have developed a new microscopic barcode that can be embedded...
by Ruth Crocker | Jan 16, 2013 | Blog, News
Four police forces in the West Midlands have joined the Action Fraud scheme. Action Fraud is a service run by the National Fraud Authority whose job it is to co-ordinate the UK’s response to fraud. The purpose of the scheme is to act as a single point of contact...
by Ruth Crocker | Dec 5, 2012 | Blog, Research
Perpetuity recently completed a piece of work for ALLOW, the London based information privacy company. In this small scale study, we spoke to an exoffender, with experience of exploiting personal information from online sources to commit fraud, in order...
