February 1, 2010
‘10% of Britons’ fall for scams
The full extent of scams in Britain is revealed as thousands are warned they could be on a sucker list.
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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 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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November 10, 2009
‘Scam comic’ kidnapped in Nigeria
A comic actor, famous for portraying an e-mail scammer, is abducted in eastern Nigeria.
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October 15, 2009
Scam tax refunds ‘reach record’
A record 83,000 scam e-mails offering fake tax refunds were reported to the UK's tax authority in September.
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