Business Against Scams launched

Business Against Scams launched You may recall that yours truly is a Scambassador, specially charged with using my influence (oh yes!) to raise the profile of prize promotions scams at a local a...

Scam alert: Coronavirus

Scam alert: Coronavirus. These are difficult times for all of us, but they are being made even more difficult by scammers who are callously exploiting both the situation we all find ourselves in an...

Scam alert: Honda giveaway

Scam alert: Honda giveaway! This Honda scooter giveaway is not a scam I’m ever going to fall for. I’m not being arrogant or smug. We’re all potentially vulnerable to scams and I am no exception, bu...

Scam alert: Facebook Tesco voucher

Scam alert: Facebook Tesco voucher Here’s a quiz question for you: what year was Tesco founded? Admittedly it wasn’t a fact that I had at my fingertips, but according to Wikipedia the name Tesco...

How to avoid prize draw scams

It’s Fraud Week. That may not engender quite the same excitement as, I don’t know, Finals Week at Wimbledon or Movie Week on Strictly, but it’s still a big deal. Fraud Week is an international even...