Rip-off phone companies are tricking households out of millions of pounds by charging hefty sums to connect them to official helplines. Rogue firms are paying search engines so they appear at the top of results pages when people search for terms such as ‘contact HMRC’. Customers in a rush end up calling expensive connection services … Read more
Cyber security experts warn some of the country is in need of online password education after a survey revealed more than a quarter of Britons reuse up to five passwords across all their financial accounts and one in five admitted to writing them down. Just two-fifths of Britons follow recommended guidance in setting different passwords … Read more
Warning as O2 customers receive scam message asking them to update payment details By Jeff Prestridge for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:32 BST, 20 June 2020 | Updated: 22:32 BST, 20 June 2020 Alert: The message asks for new bank payment details to be provided Customers of mobile phone giant O2 are being warned not … Read more
It is one of the most iconic scenes in Oscar-winning financial film The Big Short. Actress and model Margot Robbie pops up in a bubble bath with a glass of champagne to explain, in plain English, the world of subprime mortgage-backed securities, which helped trigger the financial crisis more than a decade ago. Now, in … Read more
Hot tub crime machine: Purchase scams involving plug-in pools up 400% as crooks take advantage of sunshine loving Britons Hot tub sales have surged since the lockdown as Britons splash out on luxuries NatWest said purchase scams went up five-fold between April and May Hot tubs involved in third-most purchase scams after Nintendo Switch and … Read more
Scammers began capitalising on coronavirus to con victims out of cash almost as soon as the disease started spreading worldwide. Fraudsters have been knocking on our doors, infiltrating our email inboxes and telephoning us in our homes — using the fear and confusion to steal from us. But today Money Mail can expose how a … 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
Thousands of fraud victims still had to complain to the Financial Ombudsman Service last year to try and get their money back from banks, despite the introduction of a new anti-fraud code last May which said they ‘should’ be refunded. The Ombudsman said it received nearly 11,000 complaints from people who fell victim to banking … Read more
Contact-tracing service becomes latest vehicle for fraudsters as households receive fake ‘health service’ coronavirus texts with phishing links Fraudsters are targeting people by pretending to be the new tracing service It contains a phishing link designed to harvest people’s personal details Britons have been bombarded with thousands of phishing emails and texts Here’s how to … Read more
Watch out! Scammers use easyJet data breach to lure new victims By Jeff Prestridge for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:30 BST, 23 May 2020 | Updated: 22:30 BST, 23 May 2020 Households are being urged to watch out for a new wave of emails from fraudsters looking to steal their bank details. According to … Read more