TV licence customers are warned about a scam email pretending to be from TV Licensing. The fake email claims a direct debit failed and threatens a fine of up to £1,000. Learn the red flags.
A scam email pretending to be a TV Licence renewal notice has been highlighted. The fake message urges recipients to update payment details to avoid a fine of up to £1,000.
Demi McDaid, 23, and Jack Farrelly, 30, appeared in Sydney court charged over a £5.7m ketamine bust after a hotel raid in June.
A judge said corner shops selling counterfeit tobacco are fronts for organised crime, as two men were jailed in Swansea over a haul of 9,158 illegal cigarette packets.
Amie Ford, 30, has been jailed for 26 months after defrauding a man she met on Tinder of more than £10,000 in an 11-month scam involving fake messages from solicitors, banks and police.
Tess Vaughan, partner of police killer Timmy Donovan, pleaded guilty to two charges of possessing criminal property at Liverpool Crown Court on Monday.
Amie Ford, 30, defrauded a man she met on Tinder of over £10,000 through fake letters and fled to China for five years before being jailed for 26 months.
Amie Ford, 30, of Westerhope, Newcastle, has been jailed for 26 months for a fraud that left a Tinder victim traumatised and out of more than £10,000.
Ayub Qassim, the last person to see Jay Slater alive, married Paige Crisp, convicted over a £13.8m cannabis smuggling plot, last year.
A 35-year-old man was found hiding among hundreds of cannabis plants during a police raid in Bellshill. More than 200 plants, worth around £70,000, were seized.
Tess Vaughan, 35, pleaded guilty to two charges of possessing criminal property at Liverpool Crown Court. She will be sentenced on September 22, and a confiscation order will be made.
A 17-year-old boy was robbed at knifepoint on St Mary Street in Cardiff city centre while walking to work on Wednesday, police said.
Ayub Qassim, the last person to see Jay Slater alive, has married Paige Crisp, convicted of smuggling £13.8m of cannabis.
Former Mid and East Antrim Council chief executive Anne Donaghy has been convicted of two charges over deleting an email to prevent disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act.
Illegal Fire Sticks are common in UK homes. Police and FACT can detect them via IP addresses and banking trails. Penalties include fines up to £50,000 and prison sentences up to five years.
Merseyside Police have launched an investigation after Everton fans bought match tickets linked to season ticket accounts through Facebook but never received them, with the club warning of sanctions.
Dyfed-Powys Police has apologised for a "clear failure" after an officer's miscalculation put an elderly fraud victim's compensation at risk. The force has concluded its review into the error, which understated the amount stolen from 89-year-old William J
Ayub Qassim, the last man to see Jay Slater alive, has married Paige Crisp, a single mum convicted of smuggling £13m of cannabis into the UK.
TikTok footage has emerged appearing to show Jacob Matusiak, 23, one of five youths killed in the A66 wrong-way crash, driving dangerously and threatening: "Delete him or he's going over the bonnet."
HMRC has warned that fraudsters are using scams to obtain personal and financial details, which could lead to money being taken from bank accounts. The tax authority has outlined what people should do if they are targeted.
Impersonation scam victims lost £3,516 on average over the past year, up 10% year-on-year, Lloyds data shows. HMRC scam victims lost £2,288 on average.
Stephen Dewar, 31, has been jailed for two years after admitting fraudulently taking £50,000 from his vulnerable father's bank account to fund spending on Greggs, OnlyFans, and more.
FBI agents raided a vacation rental linked to businessman James Fergie Cox on August 25, 2026, seizing electronic devices and documents as part of an ongoing investigation.
South Lanarkshire Council handled 48 fraud investigations in 2025/26, down from 201 the previous year, with £59,000 linked to cases.
Meta is on trial in Oakland, California, accused by 28 US states of designing addictive products for children and hiding that information. The case is part of a growing backlash against Silicon Valley.
Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan deliberately portray themselves as far wealthier than they are because their business model depends on online attention, their lawyer has said in a court filing.
Five more people have been arrested over Saturday's crash that killed seven people, including two police officers, bringing the total arrested to 17.
Police investigating sexual assault claims against Mohamed Al Fayed have sent a file to the CPS, three years after his death, with over 400 allegations from 156 women.
A fundraiser for families of PCs Matthew Blades and Tom Clough, killed in an A66 crash, has surpassed £875,000 from over 30,000 donations.
A migrant boat struck a 17-year-old tourist off Sardinia on August 16, leaving her unconscious. The driver, a 28-year-old Algerian man, was arrested on suspicion of facilitating illegal immigration.