Getty Images'Friendly fraud' is when customers falsly dispute a credit card purchase and receive a refund Businesses across the UK have reported a rise in so-called "friendly fraud", or ...

A mother-and-daughter duo - one claiming to be a fortune teller and a feng shui master - have been charged over allegedly scamming almost A$70m ($46m; £35m) from "vulnerable" ...

Motorists have been warned to be on the alert for scammers posing as car finance lenders offering fake compensation.The warning from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) comes after the ...

When I call the number, it doesn't go well. After my first question Gabby goes silent. Then she hangs up.Jessica Simmons, a mother of two adopted children, both of ...

Government minister Lucy Powell's X account has been hacked to promote a scam "House of Commons" cryptocurrency.A string of now deleted posts on the House of Commons leader's account ...

BBCAlison Cocks invested more than £100,000 with one companyVictims have been conned out of millions of pounds in a whisky barrel investment scam, a BBC investigation has found.Hundreds of ...

BBCTuyet van Huynh (left) is campaigning to track down the scammersChinese communities are being targeted by scammers who trick older women out of their valuables by persuading them their ...

When I call the number, it doesn't go well. After my first question Gabby goes silent. Then she hangs up.Jessica Simmons, a mother of two adopted children, both of ...