Card shops claim February as the month for celebrating love, but it’s also prime time for romance fraudsters. Reported losses ...

More than 700 romance fraud reports have been made in South Yorkshire over the last five years, as new data shows the number ...

Two people have been arrested after people sent hundreds of thousands of pounds to a fake celebrity they thought they were dating.

Savers and industry members alike must report suspicions to Action Fraud." He underscored: "Every report counts in building the intelligence needed to combat scams effectively." Often, victims are ...

Love-struck victims were duped into handing over £100,000 in cash at a souvenir shop in Oxford Street for a celebrity they ...

Action Fraud describes online shopping fraud as “shopping scams that rely on the anonymity of the internet”. The Lib Dems are calling for a national Online Crime Agency to be set up to deal ...

A man who lost £200,000 in a romance scam which he said “almost destroyed my life” has urged others seeking love to be cautious online. The man from Northern Ireland, who is not being named ...

Consumers reported 68,000 cases of online shopping fraud in the 2023-24 financial year, with losses totalling more than £56.3 million, according to data from Action Fraud obtained by the Lib Dems ...

Online shopping fraud cost consumers more than £56 million last year, marking a rise of 20%. Consumers reported 68,000 cases of online shopping fraud in the 2023-24 financial year, with losses ...