The national reporting centre for fraud and cybercrime received 6,457 reports of holiday fraud during the time period, with victims reporting losses of £15,319,057 – a 41% increase on last year’s results.
Data revealed the top 10 hotspots of people being caught out by holiday fraud in the UK were London, West Midlands, Greater Manchester, Thames Valley, West Yorkshire, Hampshire, Essex, Sussex, Somerset and Kent.
An emerging trend amongst fraudsters, Action Fraud found, is using counterfeit Atol numbers on fake websites. Recently, fake websites have used duplicate or fabricated numbers which have been edited onto an Atol logo.
