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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...