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By SABRINA PENTY, FOREIGN NEWS REPORTER Published: 04:43 EDT, 18 June 2026 | Updated: 04:50 EDT, 18 June 2026 <!-- --> <!-- --> <!-- -->…

A former Black Lives Matter activist has declared the group he once organized marches for is a 'scam' and revealed how he became a conservative. Xaviaer DuRousseau, 29, said he had spent his youth supporting liberal causes but when he…

Picture this: you've booked your summer holiday, confirmation saved, flights sorted, bags packed. You're ready and raring to go.Then a message lands, supposedly from your hotel, referencing your exact booking - and asking you to quickly…

A social media page allegedly trying to scam Boots shoppers by promoting fake, AI–generated weight–loss adverts has been taken down.The account had been running ads for prescription–only slimming drugs, falsely appearing to show Boots…

Amazon has warned its more than 300 million active customers about a massive impersonation scam sweeping through Cyber Monday and the rest of the holiday shopping season.The scheme relies on fake notifications, fraudulent websites and…

By STACY LIBERATORE, US SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY EDITOR Published: 12:51 EDT, 8 September 2025 | Updated: 13:28 EDT, 8 September 2025 <!-- --> <!-- --> <!--…

By NATALIA PENZA Published: 09:46 EDT, 12 August 2025 | Updated: 09:49 EDT, 12 August 2025 <!-- --> <!-- --> <!-- --> <!-- A former worker at…

Some 200 investors who paid out an estimated £19million in a suspected fraud fear they may never get their money back.Victims handed their 'hard-earned savings' over to holiday lodge schemes marketed by two estate agents.They were…

A slimming pill falsely claiming to have been endorsed on BBC's Dragons' Den has appeared in dozens of misleading online adverts, consumer group Which? has warned.Researchers found 62 adverts for the product, called Nixol, in Meta's ad…

Amazon says scammers are tricking Prime users into giving up their passwords and payment details pretending to be Amazon itself, and they are getting better at it. The company alerted users after a sharp increase in fake emails and phone…