Identity Theft and Cyber-Fraud in the UK Hit All-time High
In 2017 the risk of fraud continued to evolve and intensify in the UK; identity fraud hit a new all-time high and cyber-enabled fraud accounted for an even greater proportion of the growing problem, according to the 2019 Fraudscape report.
In 2017 more than 305,000 instances of fraudulent conduct were recorded to the National Fraud Database: