All Scams articles – Page 5
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The Spanish king of scams
It’s back folks: well, it never really went away: European City Guide (ECG), aka Industry and Commerce. Since it has 16 other names to my knowledge, it’s hard to keep track of them
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Outconning the conman
Pay attention at the back because you are going to love this story. Regular correspondent Hitendra Patel (Costcutter, Romford) rang again with an uplifting tale of how he conned a con artist
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Spam, scams and hanky-banky
I don’t know about you, but I’m fed up with those phone calls and texts offering to refund missold payment protection insurance
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Sticky fingers in the till
Once upon a time I attended a training seminar and the old hand who gave the presentation opened with an anecdote about stock losses
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The devil's in the detail
This was unusual: Belinda Rawlinson is a Lanwall retailer in Rochdale who actually paid some £3,500 for a photocopier that never earned her the promised return over the five years’ term
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Now it's 'ladies' turn
Last issue I reported on Hitendra Patel’s revelation that dodgy callers trying to pull off terminal scams had British names but were actually fluent in Hindi swearing.
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A bilingual exchange
My south-east correspondent Hitendra Patel (I have a northern one, but could use a few others: Midlands, Scotland, Wales, N Ireland, the West Country) had an amusing run-in with a bogus caller to his Costcutter store in Romford, Essex.
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Smoking gun
I’ve been exchanging emails with a retailer who wishes to remain anonymous so as to not jeopardise what was an ongoing police investigation on a neighbouring shopkeeper.
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Did you hear the one about?
When most people hear themselves on tape they go, ‘No! Do I sound like that?’
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An old card trick
The UK Cards Association is advising customers to be aware of a new variation on an old-style scam that involves people being telephoned by fraudsters and duped into handing over their debit or credit card, and revealing their PIN
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A not-so-sexy story
The old publishing scams go on and on. Julie Smith rang from her Spar in Solihull to say that she had received a call recently, telling her that the £90 she pledged last September to the Teenage Information Bureau for books for schools was now due.
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Was this really a grilling from the Grid?
Julia Walder wondered if she was being set up when a very persistent lady kept ringing up to tell her that she was paying too much for her electricity at St Martin Store in Isles of Scilly.
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How to rate your business
It’s like clockwork. Business rates set to go up in April and the chancers come calling.
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Face the facts
Here’s a new scam for you. My other half just received notification and congratulations that he had achieved gold membership status on Facebook…
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Watch out for the rent boys
PayPoint has drawn our attention to yet another scam that reared its ugly head over Christmas.
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Could be time to limit your liability
I would suggest that most small businesses ‘targeted’ by companies offering what turn out to be swindles (legal, but swindles nonetheless) are sole traders.
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Hammering the point home
I could write about PayPoint and Ukash vouchers every issue - in fact, I think I might until everyone gets the message.
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Cover your back
Ukash launched an internet safety campaign in the week that I write this column (Nov 7-11), but it was too late for Robert Cole in Grantham