Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Reports of men becoming victims of romance scams have increased massively, new figures suggest. Male victims jumped by 40 per cent between 2022 and 2023, according to Britain’s…
Warning signs of dating app scams Dating app scams revealed: Did you think you were falling in love but fell for a robot instead? 01:31 Activity on dating apps and websites increases leading up to Valentine’s Day, and so does your risk of being scammed, according to new research. Increasingly,…
Weeding out fact from fiction when it comes to online dating can be tricky. Stats from market data site Gitnux reveal that while 53 per cent of all online dating profiles contain some false information, around 10 per cent of the people you encounter aren’t who they say they are…
WAITE PARK (WJON News) — The Waite Park Police Department is warning residents about two scams they have been seeing recently. The first scam involves getting a call from a phone number that says it is the Waite Park Police Department. The caller will tell you there is a warrant out…
By Helena Kelly Consumer Reporter For Dailymail.Com 19:23 03 Jul 2023, updated 19:38 03 Jul 2023 Monique Sherman, 43, had her Facebook account hacked by scammers who then posted a host of fraudulent adverts for non-existent goods Strangers who had paid for a $300 couch which had been advertised on…
SMARTPHONE owners have been warned about a new type of scam that can steal their money. Criminals are using dating apps to weasel their way into people’s wallets via a so-called pig butchering scam, cybersecurity company NordVPN warned. 1 Smartphone owners have been warned about a new type of scamCredit: Getty WHAT’S…
One man lost £42,000 life savings after falling victim to this scam and warns others to watch out for the signs. Online dating is a popular way to meet new people, but fraudsters use fake profiles to try to steal money from people by preying on their emotions. Alexandr Gutu,…
By Shania Obrien For Daily Mail Australia 10:29 11 May 2023, updated 10:29 11 May 2023 Kayla Houlihan was almost scammed on Facebook marketplace Scammers demand money via PayID to ‘release’ funds back to the seller A business owner almost fell victim to a Facebook marketplace scam four times before…
The Oregon Division of Financial Regulation (DFR) is warning consumers to be wary of an unexpected text or direct message from a stranger – it might be the first step in a “pig butchering” scam. The term pig butchering comes from the practice of fattening a pig before slaughter. These…
Each year, Tax Credit claimants must renew their claim and HMRC warned how criminals used important deadlines such as this to try and steal money or personal information HMRC issues scam warning to Tax Credit claimants(Getty Images/Tetra images RF) Tax Credit households have been warned of scammers posing as HMRC….
