Stolen card fraud 'at new high'
%VIRTUAL-SkimlinksPromo%Consumers are being warned not to be duped by card scams as figures showed that fraud due to stolen cards has risen to its highest levels since 2006.
Some £58.9 million was lost due to lost or stolen plastic last year, marking a 7% increase on the previous year and the highest figure since 2006, according to Financial Fraud Action UK (FFA UK), the name under which the financial services industry co-ordinates crime prevention.