UK Scam Reports
A growing archive of real, publicly reported scam cases from the UK. Every entry cites a checkable public source. New cases are added as they are reported.
2026
A woman loses £15,000 to fraudsters posing as police officers
22 June 2026 · Age UK East Sussex
An 83-year-old was persuaded over several days that she was helping an active police investigation, and handed £15,000 in cash to a stranger who arrived at her door with a pre-arranged password.
Read full case →Criminals harvest victims' voices via fake surveys to authorise bank payments
5 February 2026 · National Trading Standards
National Trading Standards identified a criminal network that posed as survey-takers to record older people's voices, then used AI clones to impersonate them to banks and set up direct debits the victims never agreed to.
Read full case →2025
The "Hi Mum" scam gains a cloned voice
Trend: 2023–2025 · Action Fraud (FOI)
The text-based "Hi Mum" scam expanded to include AI-cloned voice notes sent through WhatsApp, with Action Fraud recording £226,744 in UK losses from this pattern between 2023 and 2025.
Read full case →Every case cites a real public source. All summaries are written in our own words. Pilot user stories are not included here.