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18 August 10:56:21 AM	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 4:25:16 PM	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 5:16:05 PM	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 AM	"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 5:44:47 AM	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 AM	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 7:04:36 AM	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 AM	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 6:02:02 AM	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 7:35:54 AM	"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 5:26:47 AM	"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 AM	"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 9:57:34 AM	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 6:48:45 AM	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 AM	Tax refund scam - MailOnline has an example purporting the come from 'David Craig, Tax Credit Office, Preston PR1 0SB'.   MailOnline
14 August 4:52:40 AM	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 AM	Credit card fraud - "people who use petrol stations at night are particularly vulnerable." More in The Times.   The Times
8 August 10:22:24 AM	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
8 August 10:16:40 AM	100+ websites illegally selling Premiership football tickets have been closed down by police "in a series of electronic raids." More in the Daily Mail.   Daily Mail
1 August 10:26:55 AM	British consumers are being tricked into buying fake goods from websites which appear to be based in the UK. A web address ending ".co.uk" does not mean that it is operating from within the UK. More at the BBC website.   BBC
1 August 10:19:17 AM	British tourists to Thailand are being warned of a scam operated at Bangkok airport. "Passengers are regularly detained at the airport for alleged shoplifting, and then made to pay middlemen to win their freedom" - more on the BBDc website.   BBC
26 July 11:22:39 AM	'Vishing' is voice phishing and 'smishing' is SMS phishing. More in The Times on other new cons - bogus landlord, job adverts, young renters, bank account hijacking and used cars.   The Times
22 July 7:11:33 AM	Avoid the scams when buying entertainment tickets - check out the consumer advice from STAR.   Society of Ticket Agents and Retailers
22 July 7:11:01 AM	Avoid being ripped off when buying tickets for music festivals - check out the advice from STAR.   Society of Ticket Agents and Retailers
20 July 9:51:55 AM	City of London police investigations into an alleged ponzi scam are being hampered by the refusal of 'clients' to believe that they have ben conned - "the victims still do not believe anything is wrong.” More in The Times.   The Times
20 July 9:50:36 AM	The Knightsbrisdge Ponzi scheme centres around Business Consulting International (www.businessconsulting-intl.com) according to The Daily Express.   Daily Express
19 July 11:31:34 AM	Colin Holder, a retired senior Metropolitan police officer who now runs Lucid Intelligence, has a database of 4,000,000 Brits whose personal and /or financial information is available for purchase on the internet. More in The Times.   The Times
19 July 11:30:11 AM	"Former policeman can tell if you are at risk of online identity fraud" - check out the story behing Lucid Intelligence in The Times.   The Times
19 July 11:29:40 AM	"Every day the personal details of millions of potential victims of Identity Theft are bought and sold by criminal gangs on the internet. The Lucid Intelligence database contains the details of in excess of forty million people worldwide..."  Lucid Intelligence
12 July 11:35:09 AM	Bogus holiday villa websites are conning consumers out of thousands of pounds - "Be suspicious if your holiday company requests a cash transfer or banker’s draft." Check out The Times for more.   The Times
10 July 6:36:07 AM	Reports suggest that there are currently lots of scam emails purporting to come from Abbey and Twitter.
10 July 6:29:29 AM	Scammers are using fake "tax rebate" emails to obtain personal info. HM Revenue & Customs "would not inform customers of a tax rebate via email, or invite them to complete an online form to receive a rebate of tax." More info on the HMRC website.   HM Revenue & Customs
6 July 6:43:07 AM	Facebook users are at risk from scammers who pose as friends and then break into accounts to send spam which can result in viruses and the theft of personal information and viruses.   24/7 Wall Street
30 June 6:32:58 AM	Mobile spam and scams - info and advice for T-Mobile users.   T-Mobile
30 June 6:31:56 AM	Mobile spam and scams - info and advice for Orange users.   Orange
30 June 6:30:57 AM	Mobile spam and scams - info and advice for Vodafone users.   Vodafone
30 June 5:34:38 AM	Mobile spam and scams - info and advice for O2 users.   O2
30 June 5:30:04 AM	Owners of the iPhone may be subjected to SMS and MMS spam, some of it pornographic. Check out info and advice in The Guardian.   The Guardian
24 June 6:29:01 AM	Conmen are now targeting people desperate for work. One of the latest scams is a "job" which involves paying cheques into the applicants personal bank account. He or she then transfers 90% of the money and keeps 10%. This is a money-laundering front.  BBC News