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High street banks MUST do more to combat fraudsters, says former Business Secretary Vince Cable By Vince Cable, Business Secretary 2010-2015 Published: 16:52 EDT, 30 October 2021 | Updated: 10:27 EDT, 31 October 2021 A payment of £3.8million suddenly arrives at the NatWest branch on Brixton high street in London, transferred to a bank account … Read more
Video game players being warned to be on alert for scams, as Lloyds Bank reveals a fifth have been victim – or know a victim – of gaming-related scam By Rachel Rickard Straus, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 16:50 EDT, 23 October 2021 | Updated: 05:25 EDT, 24 October 2021 Video game players are being … Read more
People struggling to have their names and home addresses removed from bogus firms registered at Companies House by fraudsters By Rachel Rickard Straus, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 16:52 EDT, 23 October 2021 | Updated: 17:13 EDT, 23 October 2021 People are struggling to have their names and home addresses removed from bogus firms registered … Read more
Nationwide Building Society launches scam checker service which it hopes will help protect customers from fraud tsunami By Lee Boyce for Thisismoney.co.uk Published: 19:01 EDT, 26 September 2021 | Updated: 03:38 EDT, 27 September 2021 Nationwide Building Society is today launching a scam checker service it hopes will help further protect customers from losing money … Read more
Britons are falling victim to telephone scams because they are too polite to hang up, latest research reveals By Helena Kelly For The Daily Mail Published: 22:01 BST, 13 July 2021 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 13 July 2021 Some 89 per cent of over-65s say they are confident in taking suspicious calls The average Briton … Read more
Consumer champion Martin Lewis says there is not enough sympathy for fraud victims, and is calling for a police crackdown on the ‘almost unpunished crime’. The Money Saving Expert founder warns that those who fall prey to scammers are seen as ‘lesser victims’ because people wrongly assume that they have the money to spare. He … Read more
Alan Wilkinson is a retired gas safety inspector from Lancaster. He was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease last year after suffering memory problems for eight years and is struggling to live independently. His son, Oliver, has been doing his best to help take care of him. But it has since come to light that in a … Read more
Our poll reveals most Britons with a landline telephone now receive more calls from scammers than they do from their loved ones By Ben Wilkinson for the Daily Mail Published: 23:58 BST, 1 June 2021 | Updated: 23:58 BST, 1 June 2021 Most Britons with a landline telephone now receive more calls from scammers than they … Read more
Banks urged to come clean over how often they reimburse customers who fall victim to money transfer scams By Toby Walne, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:50 BST, 22 May 2021 | Updated: 10:58 BST, 23 May 2021 Banks are being urged to come clean about how often they reimburse customers who fall victim to … Read more
Millions of Britons are worried about fraudsters potentially racking up a several-hundred-pound spending bill on a lost or stolen card ahead of the increase in the contactless limit later this year, new research suggests. Two-thirds of people are worried about contactless fraud on their bank cards if they lose them, according to research from Zopa, … Read more