Fraud Counts Newsletter

Fraud Counts - Spring 2024

Welcome to our latest edition of our Counter Fraud Newsletter for NHS staff. This newsletter contains information on fraud cases currently in the media, how to stay vigilant when it comes to scams, advice and guidance on ‘smart’ security cameras and how to use them safely in your home, cyber security/setting good passwords, together with how to contact your Local Counter Fraud Specialist.  ​

Fraud Counts Newsletter

Fraud Counts - Christmas Addition 2023

WELCOME TO THE CHRISTMAS EDITION OF THE FRAUD COUNTS NEWSLETTER The Christmas period should be, and normally is, a time to get together with friends and relatives. Christmas means many different things to different people, but whatever someone’s background and beliefs, it should be a period when you can unwind, relax and enjoy yourself.  Whilst, for most people, most of the time, this is very much the case, Christmas can also be a time of rich pickings for fraudsters.  ​

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International Fraud Awareness Week 2023 – Edition 3

Welcome to our latest edition of our Counter Fraud Newsletter for NHS staff. This newsletter contains information on how you can help in the fight against fraud, current scam trends including Social Media Hijackers, Fake Customer Service Accounts on X (formerly known as Twitter), Cyber Remote-Access fraud, a reminder on reporting fraud concerns, and how to contact your Local Counter Fraud Specialist.    ​

Fraud Counts Newsletter

International Fraud Awareness Week 2023 – Edition 2

Welcome to our latest edition of our Counter Fraud Newsletter for NHS staff. This newsletter contains information on how you can help in the fight against fraud, current scam trends including Social Media Hijackers, Fake Customer Service Accounts on X (formerly known as Twitter), Cyber Remote-Access fraud, a reminder on reporting fraud concerns, and how to contact your Local Counter Fraud Specialist.    ​

Fraud Counts Newsletter

International Fraud Awareness Week 2023 – Edition 1

Welcome to our latest edition of our Counter Fraud Newsletter for NHS staff. This newsletter contains information on how you can play a vital role in preventing fraud, current scam trends including the Cost of Living scam and Property to Rent scams, fraud cases currently in the press, a reminder on reporting fraud concerns, and how to contact your Local Counter Fraud Specialist.    ​

Fraud Counts Newsletter

Summer 2023 Counter Fraud Newsletter

Welcome to the Summer 2023 Counter Fraud Newsletter which contains details of recent fraud prosecutions such as the largest fraud investigation led by the Metropolitan police, fake NHS websites resulting in users being scammed of £2 million, an NHS employee defrauding £500K and highlighting the risks of ESR phishing emails.    ​

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Fraud Counts Newsletter Part 2

Welcome to our latest edition of our Counter Fraud Newsletter for NHS staff. This newsletter contains information on current scam trends including WhatsApp code scam, tab napping, Eurovision phishing, holiday scams, cyber security, fraud cases currently in the press, a reminder on reporting fraud concerns, and how to contact your Local Counter Fraud Specialist.    ​

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Fraud Counts Newsletter Part 1

Welcome to the Spring 2023 edition of our Counter Fraud Newsletter for NHS staff. This newsletter contains information on current scam trends including fake voucher scams and charity scams, cyber security, fraud cases currently in the press, a quick guide to reporting fraud concerns, and how to contact your Local Counter Fraud Specialist.   ​

Twelve tips for the festive period

Twelve tips for the festive period

In this edition of Fraud Counts, we provide you with the twelve tips for the festive period and how to look out for fraudsters in the lead up to Christmas. Christmas 2022 will see us getting back to normal following COVID. Unfortunately, fraudsters will exploit the aftermath of the pandemic in a variety of ways. We fully expect that fraudsters will exploit the festive season. From past experience, here’s what we can expect - we present the twelve tips for Christmas, courtesy of West Yorkshire Police, Action Fraud, City of London Police, Get Safe Online and Cyberstreetwise.com. ​

Abuse of sick leave

Abuse of sick leave

​In this edition of Fraud Counts, we explore one of the highest reported frauds that we deal with, abuse of sick leave. Abuse of sick leave happens when someone takes paid sick leave and they are not really sick, or at least are not so unwell that they should refrain from work. Abuse of sick leave may amount to a criminal offence where the person on sick leave has stated that their illness leaves them unable to work and it can be proved that they are undertaking an activity that is inconsistent with that illness. Most commonly, that inconsistent activity is working in another job whilst off sick, often referred to as “Working Whilst Sick” and happens when a staff member is signed off from their NHS role, but then works somewhere else during their sick leave. ​

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