Census scam: Ignore cold calls saying you’re facing a fine

Scammers are reportedly cold-calling households claiming they have filled in their Census forms incorrectly and ‘fining’ them. The 2021 Census is a legitimate survey conducted every decade to count the number of people in England and Wales, along with other details. It is a legal requirement to fill out the Census for all households. The … Read more

Scam victim who lost £239,000 of life savings reimbursed

Scam victim who lost £239,000 of life savings reimbursed by her bank after we intervened By Rachel Rickard Straus, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:52 GMT, 13 March 2021 | Updated: 21:52 GMT, 13 March 2021 A scam victim who lost £239,000 of life savings has been reimbursed by her bank after The Mail on … Read more

Katie Price’s ex-husband Alex Reid ‘faces jail after admitting trying to scam a car insurance firm’

Katie Price’s ex-husband Alex Reid ‘faces jail after admitting trying to scam a car insurance firm out of £61,000 by giving a false statement about a crash’ Reid allegedly sought compensation from Axa after Audi A6 crashed in 2018  He ‘claimed stranger agreed to be witness but it emerged were acquainted’   Axa allegedly applied to … Read more

Scam logjam: Fraud victims are having to wait years for justice

Fraud victims and cheated consumers are waiting more than two years for justice due to an unprecedented backlog at the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS). The free dispute resolution service is a lifeline for consumers who have exhausted all other possibilities after being financially wronged, and is the last step before taking a company to court.  … Read more

Brain surgeon and (yay!) my new fiancé… Sound too good to be true? That’s because it’s a scam

My fiancé David wants us to set up home together in England. I’d rather we live at his ocean view mansion in California. Whatever we decide, he wants me to know that I have captured his heart in a way he never thought possible, after he was so cruelly widowed five years ago. David’s 15-year-old … Read more

Brain surgeon and (yay!) my new fiancé… Sound too good to be true? That’s because it’s a scam

My fiancé David wants us to set up home together in England. I’d rather we live at his ocean view mansion in California. Whatever we decide, he wants me to know that I have captured his heart in a way he never thought possible, after he was so cruelly widowed five years ago. David’s 15-year-old … Read more

How a highly-sophisticated scam cost Catriona £241,000

When Catriona Oliphant got a phone call warning her there had been fraudulent activity on her and her elderly mother’s bank accounts, the timing could not have been worse. Catriona’s mother had recently been diagnosed with terminal cancer and given just months to live.  Catriona, 60, says: ‘At the very moment the phone rang, I … Read more

MAFS star Dan Webb faces court charged with fraud over a multi-million dollar telemarketing scam

Married At First Sight star Dan Webb faces court as he’s charged with fraud relating to a multi-million dollar telemarketing scam WARNING: This article contains spoilers for British viewers  By Australia Associated Press and Mary Mrad For Daily Mail Australia Published: 00:26 GMT, 16 February 2021 | Updated: 00:26 GMT, 16 February 2021 Former Married … Read more

Pension scam victims pay thousands to firm hired to rescue their cash 

Huge hit: David Rhodes was charged £90,000 to rescue his £157,000 pension from fraudsters Pension scam victims have lost millions of pounds more to the government-appointed trustees hired to get their money back. The Mail previously revealed how tens of thousands of savers had lost up to £10 billion in rogue schemes that looked safe because … Read more

Scam alert over online modelling: Student, 20, warns would-be influencers not to hand over money

Student’s scam alert over online modelling: Woman, 20, warns other would-be influencers not to hand over money up-front for the chance of commission on sales Millie Clarke, 20, from north London, approached to model for Instagram ‘brand’ Bristol University student found herself £284 out of pocket after buying clothes  Brands lure would-be influencers in with … Read more