Fraudsters capitalise on lockdown uncertainty to steal £4m as investors are lured by sophisticated scams By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 BST, 13 July 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 13 July 2020 Fraudsters have stolen around £4million from investors in recent months through large-scale sophisticated scams, the Investment Association (IA) has warned. … Read more
‘Scandalous’ RBS helped fraudsters cheat the taxman as High Court rules it was involved in £45m VAT fraud By Adam Luck For The Mail On Sunday Published: 22:31 BST, 20 June 2020 | Updated: 22:31 BST, 20 June 2020 Taxpayer-owned Royal Bank of Scotland was last night accused of ‘scandalous’ behaviour after the High Court … Read more
On March 8 I sent a £50,000 Barclays cheque to a building society to invest in a bond. On March 25, Barclays told me it had been contacted by Lloyds Bank as the cheque had been intercepted by a fraudster. Barclays said my money was safe and it would cancel the cheque — but the … Read more
There has been a surge in scammers selling fake online courses as more households take up learning while stuck at home, new data has revealed. With everyone except key workers in lockdown, people are turning to online coaches and trainers to educate themselves while they have the time to do so, including taking webinars, podcasts, … Read more