All news on the topic: Scams

Courier service Evri has issued a warning over an increase in sophisticated scam messages, leaving customers wondering what ‘smishing’ is.

Vast web of fake shops touting designer brands took money and personal details from 800,000 people in Europe and US, data suggests

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One mother of three had to cancel a family holiday only hours before they were due to fly after learning she had been scammed out of £4,000 from a fake Airbnb listing

The “Hi Mum” scam is a type of Authorised Push Payment (APP) fraud where a scammer poses as a trusted person to trick you into sending them money

Scam victim Roberto Mobile was left with just £500 to his name after a pickpocket stole his phone twice within a matter of seconds at a pub in Stockwell, South London

Scammers are known to send messages warning people of fake missed parcels around Mother's Day - and EE say the number of messages could surpass 10 million this year

Jerry Sargeant, who claims to be a reformed former bank fraudster and drug smuggler, says he developed his ‘healing’ gift after “encountering aliens” during a car crash

The fake email shoppers are reporting to have received from Morrisons claims to be giving away a "mystery box" containing free prizes such as cameras, smartphones, TVs, laptops and more

Amidst disappointed kids and furious parents, the organiser of a horrendous and wholly disappointing event has held up his hands and taken full blame for making so many people unhappy

The man behind a "shambolic" Willy Wonka event which failed to deliver its "realm of wonder" has been unmasked, after parents fumed over shelling out £35 for a tour of a sparsely decorated warehouse

Two cyber security experts warn about the rise of scammers using artificial intelligence to cleverly impersonate individuals, with those falling victim losing thousands

Paving firm boss and 'weekend millionaire' James Henderson from Kingskettle, Fife, made his victims pay huge deposits for work before making excuses and vanishing with their money

Experts believe up to 100 children per day are falling victim to these sextortion scams and some youngsters, including Dinal De Alwis, have killed themselves after being targeted

John Fillingham, 80, says his mental health was left "in tatters" after falling for the scam in April 2019 which saw him transfer £17,000 to scammers after they pretended to be his bank

A woman, aged 83, from Oldham, fell for a fraudster posing as a 60-year-old American millionaire widower who conned her out of £20,000 in a romance scam, police said

Fraudsters know no bounds when it comes to the lengths they will go to to scam vulnerable people out of thousands. The Mirror hears from two experts about the latest swindle and how to avoid it

Joe Wilkinson was left horrified when he discovered his wife Emily had been giving away their life savings to people she had developed relationships with in secret on Facebook

The heart-breaking story of Cecilie Fjellhøy, Ayleen Charlotte and Pernilla Sjöholm has been told on Netflix film The Tinder Swindler, which chronicles how they were swept up in a romance con

Romance fraud is when people are defrauded into sending money to criminals who have gained their trust and convinced them that they are in a genuine relationship

Fraud experts at the Insurance Fraud Bureau have warned about the new scam, which often starts with small claims and then increases over time, leaving victims stuck in a criminal funding cycle

The email says you need to renew your licence and invites you to do so online by clicking a link in the email - however, this link will take you to a fake website

Cieran McNamara, 37, who uses three other names, was this week unmasked as a fraudster who preyed on women for their wealth, often snaring them online or through dating apps.

In 2023, scammers took over $10 billion from US consumers by perpetuating various fraud schemes. A new report by the Federal Trade Commission broke the numbers down and detailed how its working to stop the scams