Statistics show that Shoplifting is something that many people have done, and whist it will not be something they are proud of most of the time it will have been when they were young and the item will be of very low value. There may be signs in all shops that say shoplifters will be prosecuted, often this does not happen.

During a recent conversation with a 16 year old friend of the family it became apparent to me that whilst this person would not 'steal' physical goods and in fact…

There are cameras all over the place and some are clearly more effective than others.

Plus there are concerns from the Police that the quality of the picture is not going to be clear enough to allow for a conviction, if the pictures are to be used as evidence in a court of law. If the person is caught while they are still on the premises, seeing themselves on CCTV may be enough to get them to confess, but is this technology is not going to be as effective as was once thought is a…

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Spotted in my local Tesco Express last Night .... Great Suffolk Street, Nr London Bridge !!

The world goes phone-phreaking mad

Voicemail hacking is one of the simplest attacks going

Published 12:05, 26 January 11

As a user of the Internet, I’m sure you already know all about Nigerian email scammers (if not, email me, I have a business proposition you might be interested in). Scambaiters are a group of people who fight back against the scammers by leading them on for comedic gain. One of the things they do is ask the scammers to send photos of themselves doing ridiculous things. Sometimes they oblige but other times they will try…

All the presentations made at this years conference can be seen at

http://www.retail-knowledge.com/RF2011/agenda.php

The Solicitor General, Edward Garnier QC MPs video presentation launching The Retail Fraud Survey is available on The Retail Fraud Network in the videos section. 

A further 25 million gamers have had their personal details stolen as a result of a hack into Sony [3 May 2011]



The Playstation Network has been down since 20 April as a result security breaches at Sony.



This new attack goes beyond users of Playstation hardware, affecting PC and Facebook gamers - potentially an additional 25 million people.



Last week, Sony admitted that the personal details of 77 million Playstation users may have been stolen by…

On July 1^st the Bribery Act will come into force. As part of our commitment to assisting our valued client base and the wider community…

Ahead of the Retail Fraud Show on 14th April and with the recently disclosed…

The mobile device rate of adoption is increasing among consumers so it is only logical that criminals will find a way to exploit devices such as smartphones, tablets, etc.  In September, 2010 a Gartner analyst said, "because of the improving browser experiences on smartphones, mobile commerce and transaction execution are set to increase rapidly."  Gartner also reported that by 2014, about 12% of all e-commerce transactions will be made using smartphones and other mobile devices, but fraud…

Last week’s Daily Mail headline about a boss who frog-marched his employee to the police station with a sign saying ‘thief’ around his neck after he tried to defraud him of £800 screamed of injustice. Here was a law-abiding citizen who had to pay £13,000 after a former employee claimed civil damages for humiliation while the dishonest member of staff gets off scot free.

But like many media…

On the back of the Boss who was charged with "humiliated" an employee he suspected of theft being ordered to pay £13,000 then this YouTube video from a couple of years back showing a shoplifter in Pell City Alabama being ordered to stand outside of the store she had stolen from with a big sign around her neck did make me chuckle!

I’ve uploaded the 25 second clip into the videos section on this site ..... will put a smile on your face if nothing else

Paul

It’s noted that there are problems with handling cash to a varying degree from one retailer to another, however the British Retail Consortium…

The UK is to sign up to the proposed EU directive on attacks against information systems under government plans to tackle cyber crime and improve defences against terrorist-inspired cyber attacks.

But a statement of British intent in the Commons from Home Affairs Minister James Brokenshire came under immediate attack from Tory eurosceptic MPs Brokenshire said the directive would "ensure that there is a basic set of agreed minimum rules in relation to online crimes and penalties across…

As companies continue to conduct more transactions online, they need tools to stop online fraud while protecting customer privacy without the use of cookies and cookie equivalents such as local stored objects.

Fraud costs the UK economy £38bn a year, with more than half of that suffered by the public sector, according to official estimates.

The National Fraud Authority (NFA) said that if the total cost was broken down, every UK adult would be £765 worse off.

The NFA said "a stronger counter-fraud culture" was needed.

Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude said the £21bn cost of public sector fraud could pay for 800 secondary schools…