Newsquest began investigating after almost a third of residents in one Havering street fell victim to the gang, who pick a street or postcode and set up numerous companies. We found evidence the... Read more »
Two men have been arrested in connection with the “Hi Mum” scam, which fraudsters use to contact people pretending to be related to them in order to steal their personal information. In... Read more »
Just days after issuing a warning about the ‘grandparent scam,’ London police say they have received at least five more complaints. According to police, the scam works by a citizen receiving a... Read more »
A former banker who faked having terminal cancer as part of a series of scams worth a combined £1.8 million has been jailed for almost seven years. Rajesh Ghedia, 42, said he... Read more »
A gang of three con artists staged a car crash and claimed injury to scam nearly £50,000. Ismali Sari, 42, and Sultan Sari, 30, a married couple from Walthamstow, worked with co-conspirator... Read more »
Three have issued an urgent warning to customers of all network operators over a ‘Flubot’ text scam. The fraudulent texts, which any phone user could receive, appear to be from a delivery... Read more »
An East London gang used high tech gadgets to steal 25 luxury cars which were then sold with cloned plates or dismantled for parts, a court heard. The group of six men... Read more »
A fraudster has been jailed for more than three years after stealing £55,000 from multiple victims through bogus ticket sites. John Koukoullis, of Fellows Road, London, ran two sites – Protime Tours... Read more »
Police are investigating an alleged fake fundraising scam where youngsters went door-to-door collecting money in the name of a youth football team. People in Northfields, Ealing, said they had been visited by... Read more »
A pensioner was left ‘hysterical’ after realising he was the victim of a cruel test and trace scam last Friday (July 9). Ben Muldoon was out buying a paper from Tesco Express... Read more »