Anti-fraud lessons rolled out across schools in England
What was announced
Children will learn how to spot fraud and protect themselves from financial and sexual exploitation, as new lessons are offered to schools across the country.
Key points, in the publisher's words
- Schools across the country will introduce anti-fraud lessons to protect children from financial exploitation and prevent them from becoming ‘money mules’.
- Specialist classes will provide children aged 10 to 18 and their parents with guidance on how to spot warning signs, as well as educating them on the methods criminals use to target teenagers.
- Victims are often coerced by criminals who offer seemingly legitimate job opportunities to make quick cash, getting them to transfer funds into their bank account and then out to another, in return for a small percentage. In reality, they are unsuspecting victims targeted by fraudsters to move their dirty money around and evade law enforcement.
Figures in this announcement
Each line is quoted from the original. Figures are as the publisher stated them on the day.
- “The rollout comes amidst a rising trend known as ‘money muling’, with recent figures showing there were 22,000 incidents reported in 2025.”
- “Fraud generally is rising sharply across the country and now constitutes 47% of all surveyed crime in England and Wales, with more than 1 in 20 youngsters aged 16 to 24 becoming victims of fraud.”
- “By investing £250 million to strengthen the fight against fraud and launching a new Online Crime Centre, the government is bringing together police and industry, to shut down the avenues that fraudsters exploit, wherever in the world they might be.”
Who and where
UK bodies of power
- Home Office (UK government department) · more news
Where this sits in the 10 levels of power
Topics, as GOV.UK files them: Crime prevention.
Receipt
- Original: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/anti-fraud-lessons-rolled-out-across-schools-in-england
- Published 2026-11-04 11:27:08 UTC
- Read by this site 2026-11-04 11:30:05 UTC from GOV.UK
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