Friday afternoon fraud

• How to protect yourself from property fraud
  Posted on March 11, 2019 by Admin
  Fraud is becoming an increasingly significant issue and is now one of the most commonly experienced crimes in the UK. According to the Office for National Statistics’ crime survey, there was an estimated 3.3 million cases of fraud in the year ending June 2018[1]. This high figure captures a broad range of fraud offences, including lower-harm cases. But fraud can have very significant impacts, particularly as the value of the scam increases. Property fraud is a real threat that buyers, sellers and solicitors need to be aware of to help ward-off would-be fraudsters.
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  Posted in: Housing and property
  Tagged: Housing, property, conveyancing, property fraud, land fraud, mortgage fraud, Friday afternoon fraud, house hijacking