Social Media: Fraud
Commons · Question 122611 · Tabled 20 Mar 2026 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 26 Mar 2026
Question
Asked by James McMurdock
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of trends in online-enabled fraud, including investment fraud involving deepfake content, since 2020.
Answer
Answered by Dan Jarvis, 26 Mar 2026
Fraud and cybercrime are deeply interconnected. The Office of National Statistics estimates that in year ending March 2024, nearly half of all frauds were online-enabled.The government’s Fraud Strategy (2026-2029) sets out the latest trends and evolving d...