The reluctant online shopper
I have never shopped online but I am going to have to bite the bullet and dip my toe in the water and take the bull by the horns to use three metaphors, as I do almost everything else online. Before I ...
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Retired police officer recognised for protecting pensioners from scams
Michael Hall, a retired police officer, received a Hero Award at the Trading Standards Institute’s (TSI) Conference in Harrogate on Thursday for the significant contribution he made to consumer protec ...
Protecting elderly parents from the curse of unwanted calls and telephone fraud
High pressure sales calls can be a significant source of distress and anxiety to elderly people. In addition, there is a rising tide of fraudsters trying to scam vulnerable older people. Now the speci ...
Elaborate plastic scam
Following in the footsteps of films like 21 and Runner, Runner that are based on true stories about student con artists who get in over their heads, Director (A Lonely Place to Die) Julian Gilbey’s Pl ...