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Fraudsters target travellers with 'staycation' holiday scams

New wave of scams on the rise as holiday habits change

Don’t get stung by Covid con artists

Come rain or shine, stock market falls or unexpected rises, lockdown or a gradual easing of restrictions, some things never change

One in 10 fall victim to coronavirus fraud

Victims lose £550 each on average

3. Moneywise Podcast: will the housing market bounce back from coronavirus?

The Government has begun to restart the housing market with new rules that relax the coronavirus lockdown…

FCA reveals plans to protect consumers from coronavirus scams

The regulator set out its priorities for the next three years

Beware fake coronavirus text messages that appear to be from the government or your bank

Criminals are posing as the Government and sending out fake texts to steal personal information 

Pension scam risk increases amid coronavirus crisis, warn MPs

MPs call for greater legislative protection against pension scams 

"I fell for diet scam but HSBC failed to stop my payments"

Moneywise columnist Hannah Nemeth helps a reader get a refund from HSBC after it failed to stop payments

Virgin Media data breach leaves 900,000 customers exposed

The company says that the data for customers was left unsecure online for 10 months

Beware SIM swap fraud where your calls and texts are redirected to criminals

Criminals are tricking phone companies into swapping SIMS to phones they control and stealing thousands