National Trading Standards issues watchlist on AI-driven consumer scams
National Trading Standards has published its first watchlist detailing how criminals use AI to deceive shoppers, including fake retailer websites styled as UK family businesses showing Union Jack-themed High Streets. Victims who order from these sites often receive nothing, or get cheap mass-produced goods from countries like China instead of the advertised UK-made products. The watchlist also flags voice cloning and deepfake videos as growing tools used in fraud.