Scams

Victims of fraud are losing an average of £20,000 after falling prey to 'investment' scams involving non-existent stocks and shares, diamonds and fine wines, Citizens Advice has found.

After a spate of high-profile data breaches, including those at social networking sites LinkedIn and MySpace, which have affected hundreds of millions of accounts in total, it's important to know whether you've been hacked. Thankfully, there's a quick, free and easy way to see if you're at risk from a number of recent data breaches.

Elderly people are being targeted by a telephone scam that the police say in some cases involves a fraudster allegedly pretending to be MoneySavingExpert's Martin Lewis. We NEVER make cold calls asking for your financial information – here's what's happened and what to watch out for.

MoneySavingExpert.com is warning that we're not Money-Saver.net – following reports that money has unexpectedly been debited from the accounts of some people.

Four million TalkTalk customers will be able to choose a free upgrade to their service from 1 December, following the data hack last month which resulted in more than 150,000 users having their personal details accessed.

Ahead of the weekend, people are being warned to watch out for an email purporting to be from online takeaway service, Just Eat, asking them to fill in a survey rating their customer experience in return for a free £10 account credit.

TalkTalk is insisting upon charging some customers who may have been hit by last week's massive cyber-attack hundreds of pounds to ditch the giant. We explain how to switch penalty-free and how to protect your finances and passwords following the huge security breach.

Fraudsters conned British holidaymakers out of £2.2 million last year through a series of internet-based scams and deceptions, a report shows today.

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.