Scams

Shoppers tempted by 'free trials' of miracle youth cream and weight loss pills are being warned by the Royal Bank of Scotland to read ts&cs carefully after the bank reported its customers lost a combined £3 million in just six months after signing up to such schemes.

Students expecting the next instalment of their maintenance loan in January are being warned to be wary of phishing emails that attempt to steal the money as a spike in scams is predicted.

MoneySavingExpert.com is warning users that we NEVER call anyone unsolicited, after we've been made aware of a new spate of imposters attempting to gain money from unsuspecting victims using our name.

Consumers are being warned to never give out their Pin after a fresh wave of reports about a "courier scam", which criminals have used to steal millions of pounds from victims in recent years.

Over 30 million people have received unwanted messages about claiming for mis-sold payment protection insurance (PPI), figures from a Citizens Advice survey suggest.

Police and Royal Mail are investigating a pornography scam after multiple reports on our forum of households being sent unsolicited hardcore DVDs.

Citizens Advice will replace the taxpayer-funded Consumer Focus group under Government plans to shake up the consumer protection system.

British consumers are being ripped off by scams and frauds to the tune of almost £7 billion a year, but official arrangements to protect them are "incoherent and fragmented", a parliamentary report warns today.

A spate of new imposters have been using MoneySavingExpert.com's name in attempts to obtain personal details and money from members of the public.