Aug 2, 2024
Fake caller app shut after thieves duped thousands
The UK's National Crime Agency has shut down an online platform that it says was used by criminals to steal money from thousands of people around the world. The Russian Coms platform allowed fraudsters to pretend to be callers from a bank or telecoms firm in order to steal money or personal details, the NCA said. The body said that between 2021 and 2024, over 1.3 million calls were made by Russian Coms users to 500,000 unique UK phone numbers. The NCA said fraud now accounts for about 40% of all crime against individuals in England and Wales, with over 80% of it believed to be technology-enabled. "Criminals are increasingly using technology to carry out fraud and other crimes on an industrial scale, causing very real harm to victims in the UK and across the world," said Adrian Searle, director of the National Economic Crime Centre within the NCA. "The NCA and our partners here in the UK and overseas are going after both the criminals and the technology they exploit."
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