Social Media: Fraud
Commons · Question 122614 · 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 estimate she has made of the financial losses to UK consumers resulting from fraud facilitated via social media and online platforms in each year since 2020.
Answer
Answered by Dan Jarvis, 26 Mar 2026
The Government takes the issue of fraudulent activity arising on social media and online platforms very seriously. The Office of National Statistics estimates that, in year ending March 2024, nearly half of all frauds were online-enabled.The department do...