The Christmas shopping season is always a busy time for shopping, both
in stores and online. And Black Friday and Cyber Monday are two of the
busiest shopping days of the year, marked by incredible di...
Fake deals, trick surveys & bogus gift cards: How to spot a Christmas
shopping scam Scammers, fraudsters, and phishers take advantage of every
season. But the Christmas shopping season – which include...
Purchase scams are now the most common online scam type affecting the
UK. In 2020, UK citizens reported a staggering £57.1 million of losses
to purchase scams. You need to be particularly careful of p...
If your email account has been compromised – often called being ‘pwned’
- then your personal information is in danger. This article guides you
on what to do next and provides some top tips on how to a...
Safe online shopping is made difficult by scam websites, viruses, and
hackers. Find out below how you can keep your money safe while shopping
online. While convenient, online shopping isn’t always saf...
Brits are starting their shopping earlier this year following warnings
from major retailers, including Smyths Toys, that there could be a
shortage of stock in the run up to Christmas. Some people may ...
A new emergency hotline has been launched for people to report and check
financial scams as they happen Anyone who receives a call or message
from someone claiming to be from a trusted organisation an...
FluBot is a new Android malware that steals your passwords, personal
details, banking and login information to your online accounts. The
information is used to make payments (in other words steal your...
One of the things on the rise over the past year while we’ve all been
working from home and staying local, is home delivery. From groceries,
clothes and takeaways, most areas of delivery services have...
As concern around the Coronavirus has grown, unfortunately scammers have
targeted mailboxes to see if anyone would fall for their usual tricks,
using Covid-19 to lure people in. We know that these typ...
The festive season is under way and this year more than any other,
emotions are generally running high; money may be tight and there are
more distractions than usual. As we all take advantage of the g...
Cyber criminals are constantly coming up with new ways to trick people
into giving away personal information, as well as using tried-and-tested
methods to gain access to people's website credentials a...
Scammers are calling customers, pretending to be contacting on behalf of
Amazon, in an attempt to get hold of shoppers personal information. We’d
like to share some tips on what to look out for, and h...
Now that we're into the new year, you may be thinking about your
priorities for the coming twelve months; whether it's saving for a rainy
day, losing a little weight or trying Veganuary. But have you ...
At TalkTalk, we work hard to stop our customers losing money to scam
callers. Part of our work is to understand how scam calls work, and the
methods that scammers use to trick people into handing over...
Scammers are calling Thomas Cook customers to offer fake refunds in an
attempt to trick people into handing over their bank details and other
personal information. Following the news of the company go...
The word scam is part of our everyday language, but what is a scam? It's
defined in the dictionary as an illegal way of making money, usually by
tricking people. Scams have been around for ages, but t...
You wouldn’t let a thief enter your home, but what if the thief was
masquerading as someone familiar, such as a postman, and tricked you
into opening the door? Phishing works in a similar way - people...
Email Scams known as phishing are used by fraudsters to try and trick
you into revealing personal information. The term 'phishing' is a play
on the word fishing because criminals dangle a fake bait ho...
Since launching Check & Report it’s been a great success in helping us
to beat the scammers, empowering our members to report numbers which are
then investigated by our security team who then block th...
If you’re taking a trip to a new city and plan to use Airbnb then you
need to be aware of the scams taking advantage of holidaymakers and how
to spot them. It's easy to see why almost one in five Brit...
Some emails can look like they’re from a legitimate organisation, but
later turn out to be part of a scam designed to steal your money.
Phishing scams are becoming increasingly common as fraudsters th...
Phone and email scams are on the rise and affecting millions of people
and businesses across the UK. Over 2.5 million households received a
scam call in the last month and latest ONS crime figures sho...