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More needs to be done to tackle uptick in social media scams – Ifed

By 2024-09-06T09:59:00

Tom Hill High Res

’Social media is increasingly used to facilitate fraud and target vulnerable individuals,’ says detective chief inspector

While the drivers of insurance fraud remain broadly unchanged, the technological drivers enabling ghost broking in the UK have evolved, according to Tom Hill, detective chief inspector at the City of London Police’s Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department (Ifed).

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