A series of recent scams across the UK and globally has led to significant financial losses and a strong law enforcement response. Holidaymakers were scammed out of up to £1,200 due to a phishing fraud on a booking website, prompting calls for a crackdown on such cons. In a separate incident, a man lost $21,000 in a SIM swap scam. Additionally, Barclays reported that its customers lost £14,000 on average to investment scams, which increased by 23% in 2023. Concert goers in the south-east of England lost hundreds of thousands of pounds to ticket fraud. A global cybercrime operation involving a network of fake websites was dismantled by police, resulting in dozens of arrests and the protection of half a million victims' card details. Australian federal police arrested five individuals linked to a cybercrime operation that compromised the personal details of 94,000 people in Australia. These events highlight the rising issue of cyber scams and the ongoing efforts to combat them.