Tech giants too slow to act as scammers ‘run riot’ online
Tech giants Google and Microsoft are failing to act quickly enough to remove ads from unauthorised firms – even after…
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Covid fuels fresh barrage of nuisance marketing calls
Any hope that Covid-19 would batter cowboy marketers has been scotched by a fresh surge in nuisance calls targeting the…
Epsilon fingered in US lawsuit over selling scam data
The former owner of data-driven marketing giant Epsilon has been forced to cough up $150m (£110m) in an effort to avoid…
Name-dropping agency chiefs banned for £3.5m scam
Two agency directors who provided prospective shareholders with false information to secure millions of pounds in investment for their affiliate…
ASA joins war on £190bn fraud with Scam Ad Alert tool
The ad watchdog is joining the fight against online scammers – estimated to cost British firms and consumers £190bn every…
Agency bosses banged up for evading £5m HMRC bill
Two elderly men, who pheonixed a marketing agency six times over a 16-year period to avoid paying more than £5m…
Revealed: The billion pound cost of Blue Badge fraud
Parking officers have long had to contend with Blue Badge fraud but a new analysis can finally reveal that unscrupulous…
Richard Branson joins war on £190bn online scammers
Virgin founder Sir Richard Branson is taking matters into his own hands in an effort to tackle the rise of…
Busted flush: Porn blackmail king stripped of £270,000
A man who was jailed in April for blackmailing porn site users has been forced to pay back more than…
Morrisons customers fume as More card points vanish
Morrisons has come under fire for its handling of what appears to be sustained attack by fraudsters on More loyalty…