[ad_1] Created: Oct 28, 2025 05:09 PM (Updated: Oct 28, 2025 10:50 PM) A fraudulent e-mail claiming to come from an entity called “SynergyBda Project” is being circulated by scammers trying to break into e-mail accounts. Police warned that the “sophisticated” scam contained links enabling criminals to access accounts and send out calls to anyone…
[ad_1] Digital wallet scams are on the rise, with fraudsters stealing card details to set up a digital wallet (such as Apple Pay or Google Pay) on their own devices. This can happen even if you have never set up a digital wallet yourself. The level of fraudulent transactions is causing major losses for banks,…
[ad_1] A Telegraph investigation in April found Chinese factories were offering to flood Britain with forged stamps in what security experts described as an “act of economic warfare”. The data log, obtained under Freedom of Information laws, shows the Post Office recorded 27 accusations that postmasters were selling fake stamps between March 26 2022 and…
[ad_1] Mr Hollinrake wrote: “You will be aware of concerns being expressed by parliamentary colleagues about the £5 surcharge being applied, where a number of them have claimed that they have bought stamps from legitimate sources, but which have then been identified as counterfeit by your system. “I recognise that where fake stamps have been…
[ad_1] One whistleblower said they dealt with surcharges “on a case by case basis” and said colleagues would often not charge customers and let them have the post without paying the “silly” £5 fine. They added they had sympathy for revenue protection staff who they claim are “misidentifying” stamps because Royal Mail has cut resources…
[ad_1] Yesterday senior MPs called on Royal Mail to stop the fines, which increased last October from £2.50 to £5, as it investigates issues with new barcoded stamps. A spate of customers claim they have been wrongly surcharged. The Liberal Democrats said it was “ridiculous” customers were being caught up in Royal Mail’s “mess” and…
[ad_1] An executive at Royal Mail said: “When letters arrive at the mail centre, they all go through the system and the barcode is read. If the barcode comes up as suspicious it is rejected and goes into a separate channel for further checks. “A revenue protection person will then inspect the item using specialist…
[ad_1] Royal Mail has been playing the blame game for quite some time now. When the beleaguered company’s former chief executive Simon Thompson appeared in front of the business, energy and industrial strategy committee in March 2023, he pointed the finger at rogue workers carrying tracking devices, which he later admitted were used to pressure…
[ad_1] Alicia Kearns, chairman of the foreign affairs committee, demanded the Chinese state launch an investigation and crack down on factories “brazenly” producing the counterfeits. She said: “It is incumbent upon the Chinese state to now crack down on these companies who are openly supporting illicit trade in stamps, investigate printing facilities and expose those…
[ad_1] The Royal Mail introduced barcode stamps in 2022 in an effort to put a stop to forgeries that were costing the postal service tens of millions of pounds every year. The barcodes are scanned when post arrives at sorting offices and suspicious stamps are then inspected by staff who then declare if the stamp…