Rip-offs

  • Give cold callers the cold shoulder

    Cold callers are out to get you with their fanciful fraud schemes, so when a company rings you up offering money for nothing just put the phone down, says Donal MacIntyre.

  • Mobile phone providers: the new rip-off merchants
    mobile and coins

    Nearly all of us either own or have owned a mobile phone at some point. But are phone providers exploiting us with their offers? Rev George Pitcher certainly thinks so.

  • Death - the final rip-off
    Death

    Nobody wants to think about dying, which means those in the funeral game are able to thoroughly fleece us. It's time to wake up to the need to plan for our final farewell.

  • Four Valentine's Day honey traps to avoid
    Couple in restaurant

    Love doesn't have to be blind. Treat your partner this Valentine's Day without breaking the bank.

  • Avoid these New Year's Eve rip–offs
    NYE 2012

    For many of us New Year's Eve is one of the most overrated – and overpriced - nights of the year. Pubs, bars and restaurants all up their prices while house party hosts have the difficult task of trying to cater for an unknown number of guests.

  • The 12 cons of Christmas: Part two - Christmas food
    present in bear trap

    Christmas is coming and the fraudsters are getting fat. Read the Moneywise guide to making sure your hard-earned cash goes exactly where you want it to this year.

  • The 12 cons of Christmas: Part one - Christmas shopping
    present in bear trap

    Christmas is coming and the fraudsters are getting fat. Read the Moneywise guide to making sure your hard-earned cash goes exactly where you want it to this year.

  • The 12 cons of Christmas: Part three
    present in bear trap

    Christmas is coming and the fraudsters are getting fat. Read the Moneywise guide to making sure your hard-earned cash goes exactly where you want it to this year.

  • The great broadband rip-off
    Moneywise TV

    Not only do broadband providers lack transparency, when it comes to contracts and internet speed, they are also getting away with offering inferior service. Moneywise's campaign is calling for an end to this behaviour.

  • The latest mobile phone rip-off
    MWTV

    Most people now own a mobile phone but the tech speak some sales people use mean we don't always know what we're getting for our money.