Legal

Another Day, Another Instagram Insurance Scam – When Will the Govt Regulate?

Yet again Instgram is the platform being used by a ghost broker. Fining its parent company Facebook a large sum of money every day that scam posts continue to appear online, is the way to […]

Motor Insurance

Responding to Fake Broker Ads Can Cost You, Warns The IFB

Ghost broking is just one of many online scams. From Get-rich-quick schemes on Instagram, to amazing new products on TikTok and Twitter, the internet is rife will all kinds of dubious promotions. It’s laudable that […]

News

Fake Luxury Watches Are Growing in Number, Illicit Trade is More Organised

Some news from The Watch Register on the issue of fake luxury wristwatches. This is an ongoing risk for jewellers, watch shops and pawnbrokers, all of whom are targeted by pro thieves looking to acquire […]

UK Insurance Trends

LexisNexis Study Reveals Fake Identity Farms

The word from LexisNexis UK, who have spotted a growing trend in blended ID details, essentially creating a virtual person; A new study looked at over 72million consumer profiles and found 2.8million showing several signs […]

Insurance claims

AI is Driving a New Wave of ID & Insurance Fraud

Deepfakes aren’t just a conspiracy theory, they are underpinning a new wave of insurance fraud and exaggerated claims. Verifying someone’s identity is going to become a crucial part of FNOL, so that any fakery is […]

News

Defaqto Customer Insights Strategy Aims to Weed Out Fake Reviews

Some interesting research and data gathering here from Defaqto, which should be able to stop the fake reviews that can often skew overall scores on some platforms. Here’s the word; Defaqto, one of the UK’s […]