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
Fraudster, 46, is jailed for faking police documents to help speeding drivers avoid justice Hamid Alhendi, 46, from Barnet, falsified the paperwork of almost 300 speeding drivers who were caught by cameras so they were never identified by the police Police uncovered scam when high number of tickets were related to one address Force raided … Read more
Oyster card fraudster who swindled £24,000 by creating bogus travel cards using faces of elderly Turkish actors and politicians before selling them on is facing jail Efecan Gokce, 20, from Hendon, London, sold fake Oyster cards via social media Potential loss to TfL ranged from £647,000 to £2,500,000, Gokce taking £24k Found to be using four … Read more
Oyster card fraudster who swindled £24,000 by creating bogus travel cards using faces of elderly Turkish actors and politicians before selling them on is facing jail Efecan Gokce, 20, from Hendon, London, sold fake Oyster cards via social media Potential loss to TfL ranged from £647,000 to £2,500,000, Gokce taking £24k Found to be using four … Read more
Convicted Nigerian fraudster who claimed less than 24 hours before deportation that he was BISEXUAL is allowed to STAY in UK The unnamed crook, from Nigeria, was jailed for five and half years in 2015 Home Office began the deportation process but were met with a series of delays Fraudster then claimed that he was … Read more
Fraudster blew £175,000 on Riyad Mahrez’s bank card as he treated himself to £20,000 Ibiza spree, gambling and even a trip to Greggs -but it took Premier League football ace five WEEKS to realise cash was missing Riyad Mahrez, 29, didn’t realise his card was being used for five weeks in 2017 Sharif Mohamed, 32, … Read more
Fraudster blew £175,000 on Riyad Mahrez’s bank card as he treated himself to £20,000 Ibiza spree, gambling and even a trip to Greggs -but it took Premier League football ace five WEEKS to realise cash was missing Riyad Mahrez, 29, didn’t realise his card was being used for five weeks in 2017 Sharif Mohamed, 32, … Read more
A single mother was scammed out of £5,000 by a fraudster posing as a hunky American soldier, who she had spent a year chatting to online. Julie Price, from Portsmouth, was tricked into sending iTunes and Amazon gift cards to the man, who claimed he needed them to access to internet and talk to her … Read more
Police hunt Covid conman who jabbed 92-year-old woman in arm with ‘DART’ then charged her £160 after going door-to-door offering fake vaccines Woman, 92, was jabbed in the arm with a ‘dart-like implement’ in South London Man ‘from NHS’ knocked on her door and said he was administering vaccines Conman asked for £160, which victim … Read more
During May and June I was a victim of fraud and my Lloyds Bank account was wiped out. The fraudster stole my ID, used my debit card details, made direct debit purchases and even set up a credit account in my name on PayPal. The total lost came to more than £6,000. I can’t talk … Read more