All news on the topic: Scams

A man in Argentina thought he scored a deal on some toy poodles in a local market - but when he took them to their first vet appointment he found out they were actually rodents pumped with hormones

A Virginia woman was bombarded with over 100 packages and learned her address was at the centre of a return scam originating in China

Staff at the Bromsgrove branch of the Nationwide Building Society suspected something wasn’t right and stopped the transaction from going through

The woman was seen hyperventilating and collapsing to her knees in joy outside Palmitas Mini Mart in Los Angeles after claiming to have bought the winning $1.08billion Powerball ticket

Dr. Brian Hyatt, a disgraced psychiatrist from Arkansas, is accused of pretending to visit the rooms of his patients, many of whom he locked away for as long as a week

In an email sent to customers this week, the retail giant warned that its Prime members were being targeted in a new scam

The money saving expert has told MPs that the law needs to be changed to prevent scammers creating adverts falsely claiming well-known figures endorse products

Dr Brian Hyatt is accused of holding at least 26 victims in his unit at Northwest Medical Centre and only attended "a few minutes each day and had no contact with patients"

The latest scam is a text message which is being sent to mobile phones saying that the receiver is eligible for a £750 "Living Payment"

Mark Grenon and sons Jonathan, Joseph, and Jordan, were found guilty of conspiring to defraud the US government and the Food and Drug Administration by distributing an unapproved and misbranded drug

A concerned mother warns other parents about an AI scam she fell victim to, where she received a call supposedly from her crying kidnapped daughter, who sounded just like her, demanding thousands of dollars for her safe return.

Property developer Khalid Bhatti left the country after netting 12 pandemic loans from the taxpayer

Holidaymakers are being warned of seven scams that are being used by sophisticated con artists this summer after a staggering £15 million was stolen from tourists last year

Scammers are making off with more and more of people's hard earned money each year - and a 2022 Harris Poll survey of around 2,000 American adults found 22% of had lost money to a phone scam in the past year

Over the last year thousands have fallen foul of fraudsters and scammers with fake profiles and sob stories hoping to swindle Brits looking for love on internet dating sites

Vicky King, 39, from Gateshead, has told how she lost nearly £2,000 in a bank scam with the money intended to pay for a trip to Disneyland for Declan, four, who is terminally ill

Ed Sheeran, Bear Grylls, Daniel Radcliffe and Tom Holland have all had their names exploited in scam tweets. So, ironically, has Elon Musk.

Cybersecurity experts at Trend Micro revealed screenshots from two fake sites that look very convincing and urged shoppers to stay alert for scammers this Amazon Prime Day

Dr Klaus Schenk, head of product security at the software company Verimatrix, gave some advice on the "warning signs" that should indicate when something is wrong on a cold call

Glaring loophole made it simple to exploit loan scheme to help businesses through Covid lockdown

Simon Hoadley was convinced to start investing in cryptocurrency during the coronavirus pandemic - but he ended up handing over £80,000 to unscrupulous scammers

British tourists are already prime targets of crime abroad but the problem is worse than you think - as cybersecurity experts have warned that your own hotel room and Wi-Fi could be spying on you

Polly Hudson's mum has just lost thousands to a cruel scam, where a fraudster pretended to be her. Her mum is no Luddite, but still fell for it, and she says everyone needs to be on high alert

Sheffield, Liverpool, and Bristol complete the top five - with Brits forking out £1,150 on average to what turned out to be a rogue trader

Rachel has come forward to tell her story as around 40% of romance scams occur during the summer according to research by digital security company ESET