21 h. ago Moment shoplifters caught on CCTV stealing hose parts and stuffing them in coats

Charles Groves, Groves Nurseries garden centre in Dorset, has called out two thieves who stole dozens of hose parts. He said they got away with the crime by wearing special clothing

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42 h. ago Protest at Scots Tesla Centre as anger over Elon Musk sparks boycott calls

Activists joined picketers from across the globe in targeting Elon Musk's Tesla Centres.

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48 h. ago McDonald's attack in city centre has man fighting for life as four people arrested

Emergency services were called to the city centre just before 7.35pm on Friday.

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2 d. ago Vogue Williams shares distressing reason she 'couldn't stop crying' in public

Vogue Williams has opened up about a "very stressful day" that all stemmed from a short phone call while cycling through Central London's trendy districts

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3 d. ago Sky announce plans to cut 2,000 jobs and close three calls centres

The media giants are set to let go of up to 2,000 staff members as part of an overhaul of its call centres.

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6 d. ago Former Wales captain calls for region to go and all players to be centrally contracted

The former Wales captain has urged the WRU to consider radical changes

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6 d. ago QUENTIN LETTS from Westminster: In a different life, Heidi could have dreamed of call

QUENTIN LETTS: Despite jokes about the Chancellor being 'Rachel from customer complaints', the Transport Secretary, Heidi Alexander, is a stronger candidate for that role.

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7 d. ago Bloke found with 38 smuggled Starlink receivers set for mass scam call centre

The Chinese man was found with 38 Starlink satellite dishes hidden in food crates in Thailand and he was heading towards Myanmar before he was arrested by authorities

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9 d. ago Vale community centre that cost hundreds of thousands still doesn't have long

A petition opposing the development years ago called the project a "white elephant" and argued the centre should have been built elsewhere

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1 week ago Thai cops uncover 'scam call centre farms' with 100,000 people forced to make calls

Scam call centre farms set up in Thailand are generating billions of dollars every year, as the criminal gangs that run them traffic people in from countries across Asia

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2 w. ago Emergency services called to Ayrshire recycling centre after fire

Fire crews were called to Bartonholm Household Waste and Recycling Centre in Irvine this afternoon after a blaze broke out inside one of the compactors

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2 w. ago Ambulance helicopter lands in Carmarthen as concerns raised for man in Jobcentre

Police and paramedics were also called to the scene in the centre of Carmarthen

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3 w. ago Chaotic scenes as a violent brawl involving 100 guests breaks out at wedding at Liberty Place, Bankstown

Police were called to the Liberty Place function centre in Bankstown in south-west Sydney about 11pm on Saturday following reports of an altercation.

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3 w. ago Council calls for power to seize empty homes after thousands in central London revealed as unoccupied

Westminster council said it wants the power to seize properties empty for more than six months after spending £140million on temporary accommodation for homeless families

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3 w. ago ‘Here you will die’: detainees speak of executions, starvation and beatings at hands of Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces

Haunting accounts of torture in newly found detention centre lead to calls for an investigation into what experts say could be among the worst atrocities of Sudan’s civil warEvidence of torture found as detention centre and mass grave discovered outside KhartoumLying between the makeshift graves is a mattress, a large bloodstain visible in the midday sun. A name is scrawled in Arabic on its ragged fabric: Mohammed Adam.Who was Adam? Had he ended up here, in a bleak corner of a remote military installation in Sudan’s Khartoum state? Had his body been stretchered on the mattress from the detention centre nearby and dumped into one of hundreds of unmarked graves? Continue reading...

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3 w. ago ‘You get sucked in’: crypto scam victims on how they lost up to £162,000

Retired NHS doctor and others conned into investing – only to sink larger sums in trying to get cash backRevealed: the scammers who conned savers out of $35mHow call centre scammers duped 6,000 peopleA “sprat to catch a mackerel” is how one victim describes being reeled in by the skameri working from call centres hundreds of miles away in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. It is the local term for scammers and a huge data leak reveals the inner workings of a fraud network that has tricked Britons out of £9m.Like in any call centre, the script is always the same. For the victim it starts by clicking on a (fake) social media ad or news alert. The promotion tips a great crypto investment but it’s a trick, leading only to fraudsters impersonating a real business. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Tell us: have you seen a scam online advert promoting fake crypto schemes?

The Guardian would like your help to find out more about fake adverts or news articles that promote fraudulent crypto schemes on platforms like Facebook and Google A Guardian investigation has shown how a single group of call centres in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, scammed savers out of $35m. Victims were lured with fake adverts and news articles, often featuring celebrities, including the radio DJ Zoe Ball and the adventurer Ben Fogle, which they saw on sites like Facebook and Google.The adverts promote crypto currency trading platforms where the buying and selling is all handled by AI, delivering huge winnings. But the platforms are a fiction – a front for the scammers. They don’t exist. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Police called to secondary school as man assaulted and second arrested

Police officers were called to St Joseph's Catholic School and Sixth Form Centre in Port Talbot

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3 w. ago Deepfakes, cash and crypto: how call centre scammers duped 6,000 people

Nursing home resident and pensioners among thousands of victims of massive fraud network operating from GeorgiaRevealed: the scammers who conned savers out of $35mWhat is investment fraud and what help is there?Ben Fogle was not a happy man.“Not sure I need to highlight this,” the broadcaster posted on Instagram during the spring of 2024, “but the deepfake of me from [ITV’s] This Morning circulating on Facebook [and] advertising crypto is a scam.” Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Revealed: the scammers who conned savers out of $35m using fake celebrity ads

Georgia-based group used deepfake videos and false news featuring Martin Lewis, Zoe Ball and Ben Fogle to promote fraudulent crypto schemesHow call centre scammers duped 6,000 peopleWhat is investment fraud and what help is there?An organised network operating from the former Soviet state of Georgia has scammed thousands of savers from the UK, Europe and Canada out of $35m (£27m) after they fell for fake celebrity adverts on Facebook and Google that the government promised to outlaw three years ago.Deepfake videos and fictional news reports featuring the money expert Martin Lewis, the radio DJ Zoe Ball and the adventurer Ben Fogle were used to promote fraudulent cryptocurrency and other investment schemes. The scammers are understood to have still been contacting victims in recent weeks. Continue reading...

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