Fraudsters swindle £15MILLION from victims using dating sites

Fraudsters swindle £15MILLION from victims using dating sites to offer bogus investments with the average loss per person £15,936 Hundreds of people reported being approached by criminals on dating sites  They are persuaded to take up investment opportunities which are fraudulent After taking money meant for stocks, shares and cryptocurrencies the fraudsters then cut all contact  Average … Read more

Stop treating scammers’ victims as second-class citizens, say experts

Consumer champion Martin Lewis says there is not enough sympathy for fraud victims, and is calling for a police crackdown on the ‘almost unpunished crime’. The Money Saving Expert founder warns that those who fall prey to scammers are seen as ‘lesser victims’ because people wrongly assume that they have the money to spare. He … Read more

JEFF PRESTRIDGE: MPs must ramp up pressure to help victims of scams

JEFF PRESTRIDGE: MPs must grill bank bosses over why they are refusing to help many customers who have lost life-changing sums of money to scams By Jeff Prestridge for The Mail on Sunday Published: 21:52 BST, 12 June 2021 | Updated: 21:52 BST, 12 June 2021 I trust members of the Treasury Select Committee will … Read more

Migrants are claiming they are victims of modern slavery to avoid deportation from the UK

Migrants are claiming they are victims of modern slavery to avoid deportation from the UK as almost one in six used the argument last year Anyone trafficked into Britain or used as a slave is protected through the NRM The increase in cases is partly due to a better understanding of modern slavery  Baroness revealed … Read more

Amigo boss says victims hit by ‘immoral’ claims firms

Amigo boss warns shameless claims firms are blocking struggling borrowers from getting the redress they are due Claims management companies offer to ‘help’ customers win compensation from firms such as Amigo Loans  Gary Jennison says CMCs are charging customers up to 36 per cent of redress they receive – and in some cases preventing borrowers … Read more

Daily Mail’s haunting montage of just a fraction of Britain’s Covid victims, writes SARAH VINE 

However tricky the past few months have been, however much I’ve longed to see my family or spend time with friends, whatever difficulties my children may have encountered through missed schooling or isolation, one thing I shall be eternally grateful for is that no one I love appears in this picture. Not my parents, who … Read more

Daily Mail’s haunting montage of just a fraction of Britain’s Covid victims, writes SARAH VINE 

However tricky the past few months have been, however much I’ve longed to see my family or spend time with friends, whatever difficulties my children may have encountered through missed schooling or isolation, one thing I shall be eternally grateful for is that no one I love appears in this picture. Not my parents, who … Read more