The real-life Con Air: Marilyn Hartman, 69, snuck onto 30 flights without a ticket or passport

Many people say the enjoyment went out of flying long ago, but Marilyn Hartman hasn’t let the nightmare of airports and airlines dampen her passion for aviation. She doesn’t worry about having all her documents and passport with her because she doesn’t carry any. And she doesn’t fret about the cost of the ticket because … Read more

Pensioner takes on housing giant over its leasehold ‘con’ when he bought £328k home

Pensioner takes on leasehold ‘con’ housing giant after sales team failed to tell him he wouldn’t own freehold of £328,000 home – in landmark case that could affect thousands Terry Dodd claims he was ‘conned’ into buying £327,750 home by Morris Homes  Mr Dodd claims the Morris Homes sales team failed to reveal it was a … Read more

Pensioner takes on housing giant over its leasehold ‘con’ when he bought £328k home

Pensioner takes on housing giant over its leasehold ‘con’ after sales team failed to tell him he would not own the freehold when he bought £328,000 home Terry Dodd claims he was ‘conned’ into buying £327,750 home by Morris Homes  Mr Dodd claims the Morris Homes sales team failed to reveal it was a leasehold … Read more

Mother, 42, is jailed after faking ovarian cancer to con the public out of £45,000

A mother who faked ovarian cancer to con more than £52,000 from generous well-wishers to fund her lavish lifestyle was today jailed for two years and nine months.  Nicole Elkabbas, 42, claimed she needed to pay for treatment and set up a charitable GoFundMe website before transferring donations into her own bank account. But she … Read more

Mother, 42, is jailed after faking ovarian cancer to con the public out of £45,000

A mother who faked ovarian cancer to con more than £52,000 from generous well-wishers to fund her lavish lifestyle was today jailed for two years and nine months.  Nicole Elkabbas, 42, claimed she needed to pay for treatment and set up a charitable GoFundMe website before transferring donations into her own bank account. But she … Read more

Moment woman is caught on doorbell cam trying to con her way into house shouting ‘I need help!’

Moment woman is caught on doorbell cam ‘trying to con her way into house shouting ”I need help!” in ”damsel in distress” scam before being scared off by the owner’s dog’ Ring doorbell camera footage shows woman outside Gants Hill home in Ilford  Woman shouts: ‘I need help! Please help. Please help me’ outside front … Read more

Crooks con £55,000 a day out of lonely hearts in lockdown

Crooks con £55,000 a day out of lonely hearts during an online dating boom in lockdown By Fiona Parker For The Daily Mail Published: 22:01 GMT, 9 February 2021 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 9 February 2021 Romance fraudsters are stealing more than £50,000 a day during an online dating boom in lockdown. There was a … Read more

Floyd Mayweather brands Conor McGregor ‘Con Artist McLoser’ and blasts his ‘racist’ critics

Floyd Mayweather brands Conor McGregor ‘Con Artist McLoser’ insisting ‘that bum will never be me or be on my level’ and blasts ‘racist’ critics in explosive rant on Instagram By Sam Blitz For Mailonline Published: 10:20 GMT, 24 January 2021 | Updated: 12:13 GMT, 24 January 2021 Floyd Mayweather has slammed Conor McGregor for being … Read more

Fern Britton asks fans if COVID-19 is a ‘con to control the population’ in conspiracy theory debate

Fern Britton asked her fans if COVID-19 was a ‘con to control the population’ in a Twitter debate on Sunday. The presenter, 64, said she believes that ‘COVID is a real and dangerous virus’ as she encouraged her followers to share pandemic conspiracy theories, days before England went into a third national lockdown amid spiralling … Read more

Beware the internet car scams: How fraudsters con buyers

Online vehicle scams are on the rise with victims losing a total of £16.5million in nine months of this year alone, new research has revealed. This is up 10 per cent on the same months of March and November last year, according to data from Action Fraud. Vehicle scams often involve fraudsters posting images of … Read more