All news on the topic: Scams

Over the festive period, it is estimated that Brits will lose £800million to online shopping scams - and cybersecurity experts have shared some tips to stay safe on the internet

An example of the sharp rise in wire transfer scams comes from a woman who told a local TV station about how she was conned out of tens of thousands of dollars

Veteran and grandad Bob Nelson from Florida thought he was getting his big break but was fooled into piling his money into a fake replica of a popular cryptocurrency trading website

Looking at figures from last year, experts say that online shopping fraud surged by 18 per cent in November and December last year, with each victim losing an average of £400

More than a quarter of mums and dads have been tricked by purchase scams, where goods are paid for but never turn up - especially low-cost phones or computers put up by criminals

Shareza Jackson and Dorian Wilkerson first met in high school and 20 years later, he got back in touch with her - but he told her lies for years before she found out the truth

Virgin Media O2 has teamed up with actor and documentary maker, Ross Kemp, to launch "Crafty Lager 7726" in which it hopes to encourage conversations about scams and fraud

Recruitment scams are when fraudsters create fake job opportunities that trick applicants into revealing personal information or sending money

On average, Lloyds Banking Group found that scam victims were losing an average of around £10,741 - this is more than any other type of consumer fraud

When challenged, one firm that touted 13% annual returns admitted that investors' actual profit was 0%

Charlie Temple, 31, was desperately searching for a short term rental in London as he only had four weeks left until his lease was ending

A 61-year-old woman from Gwynedd, Wales, has told how she was conned out of more than £17,000 by a caller pretending to be from the fraud department at HSBC bank

Police have issued an urgent warning over fake investment scams targeting UK bank account holders. Cops are speaking out to warn customers at the UK's largest banks - Santander, Lloyds, Barclays, HSBC, NatWest and more

Cybersecurity experts are urging people to start using emojis in their passwords as a way to keep their online accounts secure - it could make your logins twice as strong

Social media adverts lead to shady websites offering gifts at ramped-up prices

The Payments Systems Regulator has revealed the performance of individual banks in tackling authorised push payment (APP) scams and how they treated those who fell victim in 2022

The Money Saving Expert (MSE) website founder took to X, formally Twitter, to share that social media companies now needed to "clamp down" on fake adverts on their platform

The frightening technique is thought to use someone else's bank details to get a package delivered to the wrong address, at which point the scammers try to ask for it back

A new safety warning has been issued to all iPhone and Android users as cybercriminals are increasingly turning to QR codes to hoodwink and scam their victims. Here's what to keep an eye on and four rules you should never ignore.

Mary Turner Thomson married American William Allen Jordan and had a child with him - but after six years of being together, she found out he had three other wives and 13 children

Dr Leigh Jones, a University of Oxford academic, lost more than £1,000 after she was targeted by a phishing scam when booking accommodation for her wedding in Vietnam

A frustrated O2 customer has claimed they've been 'deceived' by a salesperson and had their mobile phone contract changed without their permission after a call

Madison Russo was sentenced to three years of probation today, months after pleading guilty to a charge of first-degree theft after police accused her of scamming hundreds of people and collecting $39,000 (£33,992) after pretending she had a 'football-sized tumour'

Tiktok star Madison Russo will be sentenced later today after the 19-year-old pled guilty in June to stealing $37,000 (30,500 GBP) - which all came from donors that thought she had cancer and a 'football-sized tumour'

Santander UK has told businesses to be on "high alert" to impersonation scams after seeing the number of its customers targeted by fraudsters double last month