Courier Fraud
"This has claimed a reported 2,229 victims in two years, most of them elderly, and is the latest financial scam to be targeted by the Metropolitan police. One victim, it reports, lost £155,000..."
Carbon Credits
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Pension Fraud
"Pension liberation fraud' involves fraudsters claiming to be companies from which you can earn cashback, raise loans or invest money by releasing the value of your occupational pension scheme if you transfer the accrued pension benefits to them first, usually abroad..."
Card Scams
"Losses due to credit and debit card fraud totalled £388 million in 2012, with crude scams such as 'shoulder surfing' at cashpoints contributing to the increase. Losses from online banking fraud alone rose 12% to £39.6 million in 2012, according to Financial Fraud Action UK, including 256,000 reported phishing attacks..."
How to protect yourself against financial fraud...
http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/latest-scams-rip-offs-cons-155930637.html