Electronic Funds Transfer: Fraud
Commons · Question 81281 · Tabled 13 Oct 2025 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Question
Asked by Damian Hinds
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the role of SIM farms in facilitating authorised push payment fraud; and what steps her Department is taking to help tack
Answer
Answered by Dan Jarvis, 22 Oct 2025
The Home Office recognises the serious role SIM farms play in enabling authorised push payment (APP) fraud, allowing criminals to send mass scam messages and impersonate trusted organisations.Following extensive consultation, the Government is introducing...