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Archive for the ‘Fraud’ Category

Fraudsters profit from financial crisis by using fake websites to steal bank details: “Online banking customers have been warned to be on the alert for a fresh wave
of phishing e-mail attacks in the wake of the banking turmoil.”

(Via Tech and Web from Times Online.)

Fraudsters’ website shut in swoop: “A website where criminals traded credit card details and bank log-ins is shut down after a police operation.”

(Via BBC News.)

Identity fraud: Plan to release death records to credit agencies: “Death records are to be released in a bid to stop fraudsters stealing the identity of the deceased”

(Via Latest news, sport, business, comment and reviews from the Guardian | guardian.co.uk.)

PayPal to refund shoppers defrauded on eBay - Times Online

See also Online shoppers: ‘Buying isn’t entirely safe’

From The Times, October 4, 2008

Rebecca O’Connor

PayPal, the payment service used by 20 million online shoppers in Britain, has given in to consumer demands to offer full refunds to buyers defrauded on eBay.

Previously, anyone using PayPal to buy items such as a laptop or furniture risked losing hundreds of pounds on something that might not work or even arrive.

Consumers who buy an item worth more than £150 using PayPal on eBay will now have protection.

The decision to remove the present limits comes after years of pressure from PayPal users, who make up more than half of all UK eBay members. They felt that the previous limits were unfair and made eBay shopping less safe than buying on the high street.

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Mail and phone scams catch out 3m: “Fraudsters solicit £3.5bn a year from Britons but less than one in 20 victims report the cons”