A new system designed to tackle fraud in online shopping has been delayed for 18 months. Banks and retailers had been expected to introduce a new layer of security from mid-September. This would normally see a passcode sent to a customer’s mobile phone at the point of checkout for online purchases of £28 or more. […]
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A victim of David Beckham ’s fraudster brother-in-law has revealed how he was left penniless and living in a car. Reg Bisson was hoodwinked by Darren Flood into handing over £130,000, including £100,000 from the proceeds of his late mother’s house. The rest came from pawning his mum’s jewels and heirlooms and a payday loan
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A serving Metropolitan police officer who illegally accessed a police database to monitor a criminal investigation into his own conduct has pleaded guilty to crimes under the UK’s Computer Misuse Act. Sergeant Okechukwu Efobi, of Byron Road, Wealdstone, Harrow, was ordered to complete 150 hours of community service and pay a total of £540, comprising
The warning comes as a charity worker buying his first home had £67,000 stolen after fraudsters hacked into emails sent between him and his solicitor. Conveyancing fraud is committed when criminals hack into the email chains between sellers and buyers and their solicitors and estate agents. Waiting for the right time (usually on the day
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David Mackereth says recruiter asked if he’d call a 6ft man with a beard ‘madam’ He’d already been hired for the role as a disability claimant assessor at the time Christian was sacked from the position and says he was discriminated against Says it’s ‘irresponsible’ to use preferred pronouns as opposed to biological sex
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Human rights report finds children as young as 10 were rejected, some of them on the grounds of a police caution Children as young as 10 who have spent all their lives in the UK have been denied British citizenship because of official judgments on their “good character”. A parliamentary committee said that the Home
FRAUDSTERS have stolen £20million of public money by exploiting a loophole in the government’s universal credit scheme, an investigation claims. Criminal gangs are using other people’s identities to apply online for the welfare payment and then claim advance loans on their behalf, according to a report by BBC News. The cost of repayments are then
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A woman who was about eight months pregnant has been stabbed to death in south London. The 26-year-old was found with stab wounds at a home in Raymead Avenue, Thornton Heath, Croydon, at 03:30 BST and pronounced dead at the scene. Scotland Yard said her baby was delivered by paramedics and taken to hospital. The
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One South African family has lost around R100,000 to scammers who promised to get them into Canada. Others regularly pay up to R80,000 to “consultancies” that guarantee jobs in the likes of Vancouver, Toronto, or Montreal – and so, residency in Canada. And as long as the victims are truly committed to emigrating from South
