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By Harry Mottram: years ago romance bloomed in discos, the pub or even the bus stop – but today couples get hitched online. And that can spell danger as fraudsters can pose on sites like Tinder as someone they are not by using other people’s photos and information. Once they have hooked someone as a […]

The Bolton-based stand-up comedian Peter Kay has unwittingly sparked a deluge of problems for his fans after announcing a number of live gigs later this year and in 2023. Nothing unusual about that except in this digital age scammers and rip-off merchants are two a penny as they fleece punters of their hard-earned cash. Ten […]

By Harry Mottram: Checkaco have reacted to the near collapse of the cryptocurrency giant FTX pouring scorn on the notion that it is the future of money. The credit checking firm said the digital assets market had been stunned by the demise of FTX when a bail out with Binance saw a draining of support. […]

Checkaco has hit out at the online retailer Made.com who have gone into administration leaving hundreds out of work and customers in the dark about their cash and refunds. The administrators PWC said around 4000 jobs would go immediately with another 100 or so once the business had been wound up. However, consumers are left […]

Always do a Checkaco on a firm you intend to pay cash to Everyday emails pop up in junk and spam folders in most people’s computers however some get through the filters and arrive in your in box. Like the one apparently from McAfee Security landing you with a £1,247 pound annual subscription complete with […]

Hundreds of music fans have been left high and dry after end-to-end festival experience and ticket supplier Festicket entered administration after a moratorium filed in August ended. Customers of the firm set up by Zack Sabban and Jonathan Younes in 2014 are unlikely to see any of their cash for a huge variety of ticketed […]

Journalists on the BBC programme Panorama have revealed a shocking level of inaction by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) who failed to intervene when the Blackmore Bond fund collapsed. The fund was controlled by CEO Phillip Nunn, who set up the investment scheme with Patrick McCreesh in 2016 to sell high-risk mini bonds to the […]

Bank scam warning She was young, clued up and knew all about phone scams but she still got ripped off in a ‘double bluff’ scam. That’s a scam where the scammer is questioned by the victim who then to prove they are genuine passes them to a so-called official who gives them a crime reference […]

By Harry Mottram: with the new football season upon us fans are being duped out of an average of £410 a time by fraudsters selling fake tickets online. Typically, they advertise on social media so called spare tickets or unwanted season tickets to any of the major football clubs in the Championship and Premier League. […]

One of the best known faces on BBCTV admits to being ‘stupid’ in falling for a ‘dodgy’ phone call that emptied her bank account. Helen Skelton, best known for presenting Countryfile on television but also famous for being one of the presenters of Blue Peter for years, admitted falling for the scam was a big […]