Scam Intelligence: United Kingdom

[UK] Typical Paypal scam with me being sent money by accident. How long to resolve? [removed]...

UK - Our cat has gone missing, partner has received this weird message via WhatsApp. AI drone service? Hello all, ...

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To cut a long story short, our cat has gone missing, we are new to the area, and he's been missing for 4 days now. ...

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The only 'info' we've put out to the public is on numerous local Facebook pages (posts of which have our personal numbers on them, as we find FB Messenger highly unreliable at times), as well as talki...

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My partner has just received the f...

UK - Our cat has gone missing, partner has received this weird message via WhatsApp. AI drone service?...

[UK]Call and email from Google I got a call from Google last week to say that a suspicious email address had been added to my account. ...

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I'm pretty sure Google would never call me. But I was curious, so I went along with it. Here's how it played out: ...

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The caller was English and sounded like a regular guy. The alleged suspicious sign-in showed an IP address in Barcelona but Google knew I was based in \[my actual location\]. What's more, this suspect...

Same Crypto Syndicate Scammed the Same Person 3 Times — $58,000 Lost Crypto scam investigator here. Active 2026 case, anonymised. ...

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2020 — Fake UK broker. Fabricated profits. Bitcoin "exit fee" to withdraw. Refused. $47,000 gone. ...

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2022 — "Recovery service" called knowing about 2020. Installed AnyDesk. Drained $4,465 from credit cards. ...

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2026 — Same syndicate, three new company names. Bitcoin clearance fees until the bank blocked it. \~$7,000 gone. ...

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Blockchain traced all funds to the scammer's pers...

UK - Freelancer unpaid by agency with dead website. Looking for someone with technical skills to help trace information. [removed]...