In this months edition Cyber Safe Warwickshire are raising awareness of 'Friend in need' scams whereby criminals are posing as a friend or family member in need claiming that they need money urgently to pay a bill. As well as this, bogus 'OFGEM' Emails offering energy grants, young investors being targeted by Bitcoin Scams and a warning to protect your loved ones from callous criminals as new tactics are being used by courier fraudsters.
Family members of online daters are being urged to help protect their relatives from becoming a victim of romance fraud, as new figures show almost £92 million has been lost through dating scams this year alone.
In this month's edition, we're raising awareness of Thomas Cook refund scams, student tax scams, fraudulent prize emails and google calendar invite scams!
The organised crime groups behind the rise in Ransomware aren't going away any time soon, according to Google researchers
