Overview
- The latest Fraudscape report shows Cifas members logged over 118,000 suspected identity fraud cases and more than 217,000 fraud-risk incidents between January and June 2025.
- Advanced AI tools are being used to create synthetic identities, forge documents and bypass verification systems with alarming accuracy.
- An emerging trend of individuals selling their own credentials online is exposing them to potential liabilities for criminal debts.
- Fraud risks have expanded into motor insurance, mobile services, gambling and internal workplace recruitment schemes.
- Mike Haley, Cifas’s CEO, has declared the situation a national emergency and urged urgent cross-industry data sharing and collaboration.