13 h. ago £219 iPhone Pocket security warning as phone thefts continue to soar

Apple's new designer iPhone Pocket is out - but thousands are shocked with the new design and the price that comes with it, however beyond that people are wondering whether this could help deter theft

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3 d. ago 'Vulnerable' NHS patients threatened with GP surgery 'removal' as new warning issued

The NHS has issued an important alert warning patients about a new scam involving fake phone calls. The public is being urged to stay alert or risk falling victim to the fraud

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9 d. ago The four most common scams targeting older people – and how to avoid them

Some scammers will even mirror the hold music your bank uses

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1 week ago Louvre heist suspect is social media star and former museum guard, reports say

Man, identified as Abdoulaye N, is one of four accused over theft of historic jewels worth tens of millions of poundsOne of the men arrested on suspicion of stealing €88m (£77m) of crown jewels from the Louvre museum is a minor social media star with a passion for motorbikes who has worked as a security guard at the Pompidou centre, French media have reported.Identified by justice officials as Abdoulaye N, the 39-year-old man was arrested at his home in Aubervilliers, the suburb north of Paris where he was born, six days after the 19 October heist. He faces charges of organised theft and criminal conspiracy. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Martin Lewis mobile phone warning to millions of people with O2 contract

Up to 15 million Virgin Media O2 customers will be affected by a change in April next year.

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2 w. ago HMRC warning as you may need to make a phone call over £2,250 DWP bill

A taxpayer contacted HMRC as they were having issues paying the amount

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3 w. ago ‘Quiet as a whisper’: German firm launches campaign after lift was used in Louvre heist

After watching the news about the Paris robbery, managers at Böcker decided to make the most of the publicityA family run German business unwittingly became wrapped up in the crown jewel heist at the Louvre museum in Paris and is turning the use of one of its furniture lifts into a publicity coup.“When you need to move fast” is the new tongue-in-cheek advertising tagline for the company Böcker, which is based in the town of Werne near Dortmund, in a campaign on Facebook and Instagram mounted within a day of the brazen thefts. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago ‘Quiet as a whisper’: German firm launches ad campaign after lift used in Louvre heist

After watching the news about the Paris robbery, managers at Böcker decided to make the most of the publicityA family-run German business unwittingly became wrapped up in the crown jewel heist at the Louvre museum in Paris and is turning the use of one of its furniture lifts into a publicity coup.“When you need to move fast” is the new tongue-in-cheek advertising tagline for the company Böcker, which is based in the town of Werne near Dortmund, in a campaign on Facebook and Instagram mounted within a day of the brazen thefts. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Trump says he has commuted sentence of George Santos in federal fraud case

Former Republican US representative was sentenced in April after admitting to deceiving donors and stealing identities of 11 peopleDonald Trump announced on Friday he had commuted the sentence of George Santos, the disgraced former New York representative and serial fabulist who had been sentenced to more than seven years in prison after a short-lived political career marked by outlandish fabrications and fraudulent scheming.The New York Republican was sentenced in April after pleading guilty last year to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. Continue reading...

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