Thursday, 13 November 2025

How recovery scammers target Trustpilot reviews

Victims using Trustpilot to warn others are falling prey to 'recovery scams', which is when when fraudsters contact people who have already been scammed, claiming to be able to recover lost money, only to defraud them again.

Typically, the perpetrators are the ones who scammed you the first time under a different name, but now we have found scammers operating on the reviews site, Trustpilot. Find out how this type of scam works and learn how to stay safe.


Source: Which? (13 Nov 2025)

https://bexleywatch.blogspot.com/2026/03/working-together-for-safer-bexley.html

Sim-swap fraud warning

Sim-swap fraud is when a scammer steals your phone number by tricking your network provider into transferring it to a Sim card they own. Th...