January 31, 2010
Warning on tax return e-mail scam
Thousands of fraudulent e-mails have been sent out ahead of Sunday's tax return deadline, Revenue & Customs says.
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January 22, 2010
Fraud ‘costs the UK £30bn a year’
Fraud - including scams, online theft, insurance cheats and tax fraud - costs the UK £30bn a year, an official estimate says.
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January 18, 2010
OAP loses £24,000 in lotto scam
An elderly woman from the Aberdeen area is cheated out of £24,000 in a Euromillions lottery scam, police have said.
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January 15, 2010
Haiti – the Tweet that raised $8m
An appeal to help victims of the Haiti earthquake is breaking all records, fuelled by the power of social media, but suspicious appeals for aid have also emerged.
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