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29 June 16:08:30	Twitter has been used to lure buyers to a fake website "illegally offering to sell tickets to next year's London Olympics." Police said "It is worth remembering that people will not get the real tickets until next year.." More in The Standard.   Evening Standard
7 June 11:27:29	"A new online shopping directory has been created in a bid to help consumers avoid being ripped off online" - Trading Standards (www.tradingstandards.gov.uk) has launched Brand-i (www.brand-i.org). More at BBC News.   BBC News
7 May 11:23:00	Computer scams - "Hackers today stepped up their use of Osama Bin Laden's death by shoving malware into PCs when users fall for phony claims of photographs and video...." Bin Laden scams are spreading fast on Facebook. More at ComputerWorld.   ComputerWorld
12 April 12:27:18	Marks & Spencer (http://help.marksandspencer.com/faqs/company-website/phishing) has warned customers to be on the look out for bogus "phishing" emails after a database was stolen by hackers. More in The Telegraph.   The Telegraph
31 March 11:07:53	50% of the drugs sold online are thought to be fake. Check out suppliers before you buy. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (www.mhra.gov.uk) and The General Pharmaceutical Council (www.pharmacyregulation.org) are useful resources.   Daily Telegraph
5 March 10:36:11	Land scams - the BBC reports that "More and more people are being targeted by firms cold-calling them to buy land they say is ripe for development...Many are persuaded to pay tens of thousands of pounds for land which is unlikely ever to be built on."   BBC Business News
5 March 10:28:33	'Ghost chalet' - a British conman has been jailed for two years for taking deposits on a non-existent Verbier ski chalet. More at Verbinet.   Verbinet
5 March 10:27:32	Ski chalet scam - "...the chalet did not exist. The exterior photos on the website were of a neighbouring chalet and the interior photos had been taken from other accommodation websites and were not even of the same property." More at Chamonet.   Chamonet
1 March 15:27:54	London tube and rail travellers "are being targeted by an international fraud gang using skimming devices attached to station ticket machines." Credit card details are copied and sent abroad to make fake cards. More in The Standard.   Evening Standard
26 February 11:30:43	Action Fraud is "the UK’s national fraud reporting centre. If you’ve been scammed, ripped off or conned, there is something you can do about it - get in touch..." The website (www.actionfraud.org.uk) has info on new tricks such as the "Free iPad scam."   Action Fraud
16 February 15:45:50	The BBC says that there are already a number of websites illegally selling "tickets to the London 2012 Olympic Games." Unlicensed reselling of Olympic tickets is illegal. More at BBC News.   BBC News
18 October 16:20:34	Romance scams (www.romancescams.org) are on the increase and are being perpetrated through genuine dating websites. More info at SCAMwatch.   SCAMwatch
14 October 11:15:50	"Nearly half of homes in Britain with wi-fi internet networks can have their computers hacked into in less than five seconds" leading to the possibility of ID theft and other online scams. More in The Telegraph.   Daily Telegraph
2 October 10:54:56	The bogus holiday villa rental scam is getting a lot of media coverage. Check out Get Safe Online for free advice on how to avoid being ripped off.   Bogus Holiday Scams
27 September 16:35:41	Property rental scams are on the rise again. Students seeking cheap rents are often victims. Check out the info at Scam Detectives.   Scam Detectives
23 September 11:48:39	Student Finance England (www.direct.gov.uk/studentfinance) is warning that "Students awaiting loans and grants should watch out for scam emails asking for bank details" which direct the unwitting to fake "phishing" websites. More in The Guardian.   The Guardian
22 September 12:28:29	Facebook is "implementing new ways of detecting when its users' accounts have been hacked" as a result of scams which have been perpetrated on the social networking website, damaging its reputation. More at The Guardian.   The Guardian
18 September 11:27:59	There has been a big increase in scams involving holiday home rentals which are booked online. Fraudsters simply create fake properties, often using the details of real properties belonging to other people. More in The Telegraph.   Daily Telegraph
9 September 12:21:37	The HM Revenue & Customs (www.hmrc.gov.uk) blunder over PAYE is likely to lead to “an upsurge of scam emails” from fraudsters. Scammers also use fake letters suggesting that a rebate is due and requesting bank details. More at The Telegraph.  Daily Telegraph
6 September 15:24:22	Facebook + gap year scam - scammers are targetting the Facebook accounts of young people travelling abroad to try to persuade their friends and parents to wire cash. More in The Telegraph.   Daily Telegraph
6 September 15:17:53	Justin Bieber ticket scam on Facebook - "Those who continue on with the application are then prompted to enter their mobile phone number and check an agreement to enter a contest to win £50,000..." More at Mashable.   Mashable
18 August 10:56:21	The Facebook 'Dislike' is a scam which lures users into giving away personal information. It is a viral, not an official Facebook feature. More at PC World.   PC World
12 August 16:25:16	UK users of online banking have had accounts emptied by Zeus v3 - the "most dangerous trojan virus ever created", which hides inside ads on legitimate websites. According to MailOnline "the victims were customers with the same unnamed online bank..."   MailOnline
20 July 17:16:05	Identity theft: credit check firm Experian (www.experian.co.uk) is offering ProtectMyID - an identity protection service - for £4.99 a month.   ProtectMyID
20 July 10:56:43	"I'm calling for Microsoft. We've had a report from your internet service provider of serious virus problems from your computer" - an unsolicited telephone call like this is a scam. Microsoft Tech Support does not make calls! More at The Guardian.   The Guardian
16 September 05:44:47	The BBC has announced a new consumer series with the working title 'Rip-Off Britian'. Angela Rippon, Jennie Bond and Gloria Hunniford are "teaming up to help the nation in its battle" against cons, scams and rip-offs.   BBC
15 September 10:05:17	Car sale scam - rental cars are being sold as "one previous owner" vehicles by car hire firms which have registered the cars to a "front" company so that their history remains hidden. More in The Telegraph.   Daily Telegraph
15 September 07:04:36	Car sale scam - driving school cars are being sold as "one previous owner" vehicles having been registered under a name other than that of the driving school. More in The Telegraph.   Daily Telegraph
12 September 11:03:34	English football fans hoping to travel to South Africa for the 2010 World Cup have been warned that many of the websites offering tickets for sale will be scams. Travelling fans should be aware of the high level of crime in SA. More at The Guardian.  The Guardian
2 September 06:02:02	Spammers and cyber-scammers are exploiting the "growing trend among users of social networks to share links." Users are clicking onto some short links which attempt to install programs that record personal financial data." More at FT.com.   FT.com
1 September 07:35:54	"It's internet shopping for burglars" - professional burglars use social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter to target victims who all too often disclose information about when they will be away on holiday or long weekends. More in The Mirror.   Daily Mirror
1 September 05:26:47	"If you want to get conned on holiday, go to Tenerife" - timeshares, fake scratchcards, credit card skimming, beautiful female pickpockets who hand out free city maps...More at TimesOnline   TimesOnline
29 August 10:02:34	"Work from Home" - scammers are using the Google name to get people to sign up for a scheme which then removes money from their bank accounts under the terms & conditions in the small print. More at Snopes.   Snopes.com
27 August 09:57:34	Police have issued advice about responding to classified adverts after a man was stabbed responding to a fake Gumtree ad - "Do not go to the meeting point alone, do not carry large amounts of cash on your person.." More in The Independent.   The Independent
24 August 06:48:45	Land bank schemes - investors are being warned to be wary of "companies selling plots of farmland that they claim will soar in value if reclassified for housing." More in The Observer.   The Observer
16 August 10:37:00	Tax refund scam - MailOnline has an example purporting the come from 'David Craig, Tax Credit Office, Preston PR1 0SB'.   MailOnline
14 August 04:52:40	The elderly in London are being targeted by scammers posing as police officers. It starts with a phone call "from the police" regarding a fraud and ends with the victims handing over bank/credit cards + PINs to "detectives" on their own doorsteps.  Evening Standard
9 August 10:22:12	Credit card fraud - "people who use petrol stations at night are particularly vulnerable." More in The Times.   The Times
8 August 10:22:24	There are already websites selling tickets for events at the London Olympics in 2012 even though "no tickets for any part of the 2012 games have yet been made available."   BBC News