Fraudsters are using the promise of fake roles to trick job-seekers out of money, personal information or both, and with the help of AI they are more convincing than ever. But there are ways to spot themThere were clues from the...
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Read MoreAt first, Mike made Tamsin feel good about herself – and his love-bombing led her to leave her family and resign from her job. Soon she had lost her car, phone and all her moneyTamsin met Mike in the summer of 2022. He was...
Read MoreLast year, romance fraud rose 52% for over-55s in the UK. Victims often feel they’ve made a terrible mistake and are at fault – but really, they’ve been expertly groomed by criminalsIn total, over two and a...
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Read MoreMPs on Treasury committee hear that those affected were being contacted and would face ‘no financial loss’HM Revenue & Customs has lost £47m after a phishing scam breached tens of thousands of tax accounts,...
Read MoreHow to deal with an email that says your device has been hacked and the camera used to record an intimate act“Hello pervert” is how the email starts and frighteningly it appears to have been sent from your own...
Read MoreMoney expert urges Ofcom be given more powers as interview with chancellor used to trick people to share bank details• UK politics live – latest updatesMartin Lewis has warned of a “wild west” of online...
Read MoreCharity helping family of Lancashire teenager who died in Tenerife ‘inundated’ with reports of scams Online scammers have targeted Jay Slater’s funeral, offering access to a fake live stream of the event in...
Read MoreGroups want big tech social media firms to pay up to £40m a year to reimburse customers after years of shouldering cost of fraudA leading City lobby group is calling on the next government to bring in scams legislation...
Read MoreGroups want big tech social media firms to pay up to £40m a year to reimburse customers after years of shouldering cost of fraudA leading City lobby group is calling on the next government to bring in scams legislation...
Read MoreExclusive: Vast web of fake shops touting designer brands took money and personal details from 800,000 people in Europe and US, data suggestsMore than 800,000 people in Europe and the US appear to have been duped into sharing...
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