All news on the topic: Scams

An impersonation scam is where a criminal contacts you pretending to be a person or organisation you trust and in 2022 there were over 45,000 reported cases of this type of scam

Three cowboy builders have been jailed after making £45,000 from crimes committed in 18 properties across Wiltshire, Gloucestershire and Bristol between October 2020 and March 2021.

The Chartered Trading Standards Institute has said it had seen a number of texts and emails offering speedy passport renewals, warning that victims could lose personal data to fraudsters as well as money

The dodgy email being sent to NatWest customers claims the mobile linked to your online account has been changed, and says a one-time passcode has been sent to your old number

Sky has put out a new message to help stop scammers from stealing your money and personal information, including tips for the best passwords to use to protect your details

Casey Alexander, from Stoke Newington, London, admitted to taking part in one of the world's biggest ever whisky fraud schemes, targeting the elderly and vulnerable and running off with millions

The woman shared her experience to ensure that other people didn't fall for the scam in the same way that she did, admitting that she sent money to her sister's 'captor'

ESE Energy bleated about Mirror exposé, now it's been convicted of a string of deception offences

Dr Jan McGee, the principal of Burns Science and Technology Charter in Oak Hill, Volusia County in Florida, was speaking with the scammer for months and had been warned he was a fraud

A 48-year-old woman received £182,600 in disability benefits after claiming to be completely blind - but she has now been unmasked by the police and accused of fraud

Dmitry Frolov has been dubbed the 'Russian Tinder Swindler' after claims emerged that he scammed women out of hundreds of thousands of pounds. He has now been arrested

The phishing scams are hard to spot, according to cyber defence company BlueVoyant, who have warned of a 240% increase in emails using techniques such as User Agent or IP restrictions

Stacey Johnson, from Baltimore, US, had been looking for a Chow Chow online to keep her company at home after her daughter left to go to university. However, she was suspicious of the seller

Matthew Farr is at the centre of new rip-off claims at his car repair firm based in England. Alleged victims who want their money back claim the email address Farr has given them does not exist

With the "abundance" of phishing scams currently in circulation looking to steal bank details and other personal information, the number of victims will likely increase

Will is a massive music fan and when he saw Dua Lipa was touring, he knew he needed to be there and risked losing hundreds of pounds to see the singer live in concert

The scam came from a Facebook page called "M&S Fans" which shared a series of posts claiming that M&S was giving away 500 vouchers for M&S Food worth £100

A fake priest in the US has been accused of swindling millions from local churches so he could splash the cash on 'premium llamas' for one of his 'healing ministry' establishments

Mary and her online partner sent each other messages daily and occasionally spoke over the phone, he also sent pictures of himself in different places and with his daughter, so Mary believed he was who he said he was

The fraudsters try to lure you in by claiming you’re eligible for 30% or more off your bill before sending a text with a one-time passcode and asking you to read it back to them - but don't do this

Large amounts of cash of up thousands of pounds have been charged for poor trade skills and work, found to affect the ability of the property to secure a mortgage, say Trading Standards bosses

Janessa Brazil has become the face of thousands of fake social media accounts which have been used to take advantage of gullible internet users who send over money in the hope of romance

James Anderson was inspired to help people after he visited an elderly man whose boiler had been manipulated to make noises and seem like it needed replacing when it did not

Elaine White, 66, says that scores of men have been knocking at the door of her Plano, Texas, home for over a year, asking for women named Nikki, Kelly and Rhonda

Peaches Stergo, 36, Florida, US, was arrested on Wednesday on one count of wire fraud after allegedly draining a Holocaust survivor of his life savings after meeting on a dating app