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Fraud is costing business and individuals in the UK millions of pounds annually – with fraudsters stealing a total of £609.8m in the first six months of this year alone. The figures contained in a UK Finance report, are worth considering, in this International Fraud Awareness Week 2022, as we take stock and consider what type of frauds have been occurring and what you can do to help prevent yourself becoming a victim.

Internal fraud is costing businesses millions of pounds – despite the vast majority of perpetrators displaying prominent warning signs.

It would be somewhat optimistic to conclude that, given the government restrictions ordering the public to stay at home in 2020 and 2021,

Whilst government imposed restrictions have been lifted and there is some indication that life is beginning to resemble pre-COVID times, it does not mean that the associated COVID fraud risk has gone away.