Her father, who nearly became prime minister, has amassed a fortune of nearly £300million and lives in splendour at his 800-acre Northamptonshire estate. But that doesn’t mean Lord Heseltine’s elder daughter, Annabel, is invulnerable to the sort of holiday horror that induces cold sweat and fist-clenching fury — and leaves the victim begging for help. … Read more
Dina Simmonds had been scouring Facebook Marketplace for second-hand cars when she came across a 2018 black Ford Ecosport. Priced at £5,000, it was within her price range and only a short drive away from where she lived in Surrey. When the nursery school teacher clicked on the Facebook advert, she was taken to a … Read more
A new football-themed campaign to flag the risks of pension fraud is being fronted by legendary commentator Clive Tyldesley. Men in their 50s, who are the ‘average victim’ of pension scammers, are being urged to show them the red card by the veteran voice of football matches. The effort to raise awareness about typical pension … Read more
Scammers target diners at the Ritz by posing as staff to steal their payment card details before trying to spend thousands of pounds at Argos Fraudsters phoned people with details of bookings and asked for card details The Ritz has confirmed it’s investigating a ‘potential data breach’ on Thursday Fraudsters used customer card details to … Read more
Warning after scammers posing as council staff with badges and body-worn cameras issue fake £10 face-mask ‘fines’ to town centre shoppers The scams happening in town centres have been reported to Merseyside Council Only the police have the power to enforce mask-wearing, not local authorities The face mask scams are being investigated by many different … Read more
Warning after scammers posing as council staff with badges and body-worn cameras issue fake £10 face-mask ‘fines’ to town centre shoppers The scams happening in town centres have been reported to Merseyside Council Only the police have the power to enforce mask-wearing, not local authorities The face mask scams are being investigated by many different … Read more
Scammers are using Oxford and Samsung servers to phish victims with fake Microsoft Office 365 pages The campaign uses servers from Samsung and Oxford to phish users The scams use faked Microsoft Office 365 to steal information By using servers from legitimate companies, scammers can bypass normal email protections that filter out spam By James … Read more
From phishing emails to the new coronavirus tracking app and ‘catfishing’: Beware scammers using the lockdown as cover 2,200 people have fallen victim to coronavirus-related scams in past two months Scammers have cheated victims out of more than £5.3m since lockdown began ‘Phishing’ emails are prevalent, but other scams are based around a new coronavirus … Read more
Scammers use encrypted messaging services to sell tutorials on how to steal unemployment from different states for just $50 worth of Bitcoin Scammers are flocking to encrypted messaging to sell fraud tutorials Tutorials on Telegram offer off methods of stealing unemployment They also offer instruction on how to avoid detection The tutorials can be purchased on … Read more
VICTORIA BISCHOFF: Google must tackle the unscrupulous firms taking advantage of its lax advertising rules By Victoria Bischoff for the Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 4 February 2020 | Updated: 09:12 BST, 5 February 2020 Google needs to wake up to the fact that unscrupulous firms are routinely taking advantage of its lax advertising rules. … Read more