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While travelling can be a thrilling adventure that opens doors to new sounds, smells, and sights, being new to an area can leave you an easy target for fraud.Travel scams are at an all-time high, increasing by as much as 900 per cent…

Each year, scammers target unsuspecting holidaymakers, swindling them out of millions of pounds.  As technology becomes more advanced, scams are becoming more elaborate and harder to spot.    Not only are people losing substantial sums…

A whopping 17.6 million trips are set to be made by car this August bank holiday, according to RAC, with hordes hoping to get away for the long weekend. However, there's several scams waiting to catch travellers heading on staycations in…

By ESTHER MARSHALL Published: 09:46 EDT, 21 May 2025 | Updated: 09:46 EDT, 21 May 2025 <!-- --> <!-- --> <!-- --> <!-- Italy is one of the…

Your phone rings. It's a representative from your bank, and they're that warning your account has been compromised. You're smart, so you immediately suspect it's a scam. But the person on the other end of the line reads off your Social…

Young people saddled with vast student debts and struggling to get onto housing ladder are being lured to invest in 'get rich quick' crypto schemesBy John-Paul Ford Rojas, Financial Mail On Sunday Updated: 09:37 EDT, 18…

Lloyds Bank this weekend fired a salvo at Facebook-owner Meta, slamming it for failing to stop a 'Wild West' surge in online shopping scams. Britain's biggest retail bank – which has 26 million customers – blasted the social media giant…