27th Jan 2011
First the good news: Fraud prevention detectives have just seized a haul of scam post which was supposed to be sent to thousands of vulnerable people across the UK to get money off them In the first operation of its kind, officers from the Metropolitan Police Service’s Economic and Specialist Crime Unit (Operation Sterling) took…
12th Jul 2010
I’ve had a press release from Action Fraud, the government-backed fraud-reporting centre, to say they’ve had 15,000 fraud reports since they started just a few months ago. However, they know there are hundreds of thousands more cases that aren’t reported. They’re asking anyone who’s been a victim of fraud – big or small – to…
13th Jun 2010
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19th Apr 2010
I’ve had yet ANOTHER spam email from some dodgy, fraudulent company offering me alleged ‘part-time work in Europe’. For some reason I’ve had a load of these in the last couple of days so they must be targeting a lot of people at the moment. Here’s what the scam email says: “Hi, West Union Group…
26th May 2009
Want to sell your car? Beware the car selling scam! The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has sent out a warning about ‘vehicle matching’ scams that are hitting the pockets of people wanting to sell their cars to the tune of £3 million a year. The way it works is that scammers approach people selling…
