Action Fraud

Vance refers Minnesota officials to DOJ for criminal fraud investigation

Vance refers Minnesota officials to DOJ for criminal fraud investigation Both Walz and Ellison have defended their actions against fraud, dismissing a separate Justice Department inquiry involving state leaders as politically motivated - Bookmark - CommentsGo to comments Vice President JD Vance is urging federal prosecutors to investigate Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison, alleging they failed to curb extensive social services fraud. This move intensifies worries...

Scaling Laws for Behavioral Foundation Models over User Event Sequences

arXiv:2606.05257v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Foundation models are increasingly trained on sequences of user actions in recommendation, payments, fraud, and commerce, but these models still lack the kind of compute calibration that scaling laws provide for language models. We study a common two-part behavioral-model architecture: a feature-based event embedder maps each multi-modal item to a vector, and a decoder-only transformer predicts the next event from the resulting sequence. Across...

Barclays issues warning for anyone attending festivals this summer

Barclays issues warning for anyone attending festivals this summer The bank has shared advice for customers planning to attend music festivals A major UK bank has issued a warning for anyone attending festivals this summer. Barclays has shared a warning to customers, explaining that major events are often targeted by criminals. Posting on Facebook, Barclays urged music lovers to be careful when booking tickets.

DWP new pension plans update announced as £1,000s taken from accounts

DWP new pension plans update announced as £1,000s taken from accounts The government says it is "stepping in" in tackle the concerning issue The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has shared new plans this week that'll impact millions of people across the UK who have a pension. The proposals are designed to tackle a concerning issue that many people are facing, with some losing £1,000s. In an announcement on Tuesday, June 9, the government said pension savers will be "better protected"...

Northern Ireland cops issue PSA after official phone number spoofed by scammers

The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) is warning the public to be wary of scammers spoofing its switchboard number in an attempt to profit by calling marks from a "trustworthy" number. A member of the public reported an attempted scam on Monday afternoon. A phone call came in from what appeared to be the PSNI’s switchboard number, and the caller pretended to be a member of the force inquiring about a case in which the recipient was involved.

Teen's faked brain tumour that duped thousands in true story behind Mother Of All Cons

Teen's faked brain tumour that duped thousands in true story behind Mother Of All Cons Unknown to its celeb backers, a charity for sick children was not all it seemed. And as its founder appealed for cash for her own daughter's brain tumour, things began to unravel Believe In Magic was the much-loved charity backed by One Direction that granted wishes for children diagnosed with cancer. However, a new three-part BBC documentary called The Mother Of All Cons will reveal how, unknown to the...

Ramaswamy: Medicaid fraud raises healthcare costs for hardworking Ohioans

Lawmakers sound the alarm on Trump’s ‘most dangerous’ Cabinet pick

Lawmakers sound the alarm on Trump’s ‘most dangerous’ Cabinet pick Bill Pulte’s temporary role as intelligence director is just long enough to disrupt midterm elections, Democrats fear - Bookmark - CommentsGo to comments Top Democrats overseeing national intelligence fear President Donald Trump’s controversial pick for Director of National Intelligence could sow chaos in national security matters — especially ahead of the midterm elections. Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle have...

Rising cyberscam losses expose gaps in EU response

Rising cyberscam losses expose gaps in EU response June 10, 2026A landmark study on cyberscams in Europe released this week has found that 75% of adults encountered a scam in the past year. While 71% of respondents said they were confident in recognizing scams, 8% of those exposed went on to interact with scammers. Some 16% of parents said their children had been approached by a scammer.

Rising Asian cyberscam losses expose gaps in EU response

Rising cyberscam losses expose gaps in EU response June 10, 2026A landmark study on cyberscams in Europe released this week has found that 75% of adults encountered a scam in the past year. While 71% of respondents said they were confident in recognizing scams, 8% of those exposed went on to interact with scammers. Some 16% of parents said their children had been approached by a scammer.