Last summer I was tricked into transferring my life savings to criminals posing as cryptocurrency brokers. My friends had told me that lots of people were investing in Bitcoin and doing very well, so I found an online firm claiming to offer Bitcoin and entered my details. I was then contacted by a number of … Read more
Schoolgirl, 17, FAKED brain tumour to con pop stars and their fans out of up to £400,000 to fund private jet trips to Disneyland – as inquest reveals she died of heart failure six years later Meghan Bhari founded Believe in Magic to help terminally ill children in 2012 The charity was dissolved last week … Read more
Coronavirus spreads through air conditioning units on buses, scientists have warned after two dozen cases were linked back to a single passenger in China. Twenty-four passengers on the bus in Zhejiang Province tested positive for the virus after a single hour-and-a-half journey on January 19. Scientists believe the air conditioning unit allowed the transmission of the … Read more
When a homeless man’s story about how a stray cat saved him from heroin addiction was made into an award-winning film, he and the producer were all smiles. But now, weeks after Bob the Cat was fatally run over, owner James Bowen has had a bitter falling out with the man who immortalised him on … Read more
Hundreds of thousands of workers face redundancy because insurance giants are refusing to pay out in a £1 billion ‘coronavirus cover con’. Tens of thousands of small and medium-sized businesses are at risk of bankruptcy because of the ‘disgraceful’ and ‘immoral’ attempt to wriggle out of releasing the vital funds. This is despite them having … Read more
Restaurant’s air conditioning spread coronavirus from one infected diner to NINE others, report finds Researchers investigate incident at eatery in Guangzhou, China, in January An asymptomatic customer later fell ill, along with others on nearby tables Study claims virus was carried further than usual due to venue’s air conditioning However 81 others eating and working … Read more
Mastercard bans a conversion con on its prepaid cards which strips millions of pounds a year from British travellers Tourists are routinely offered a chance to pay in their ‘home’ currency This process is called ‘dynamic currency conversion’ Such conversion rates are expensive, as the Mail on Sunday warned last week By Laura Shannon, Financial … Read more