According to the banking industry body UK Finance, UK consumers were scammed out of a record £479 million last year, with a five per cent annual rise in money lost by customers unwittingly sanctioning payments to criminals. This included a 94 per cent increase in “impersonation scams” where criminals posing …
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Rare block of four Penny Blacks in ‘mint condition’ which carried image of Queen Victoria emerge for sale for £80,000 Penny Blacks are on sale with auctioneers Just Collecting in St Helier, Jersey Stamp was adopted by the Post Office in May 1840 but lasted less than year In February 1841, …
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Ethnic minority Britons believe royal family IS racist and 43% don’t want the monarchy to continue – but 67% like the Queen, YouGov poll reveals A poll found 43 per cent of ethnic minority Britons believe royal family is racist Of the general UK population 55 per cent believe royals …
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Kate Middleton’s uncle says he ‘doesn’t believe for a moment that she made Meghan weep’ following bombshell claims in Sussexes’ Oprah interview Gary Goldsmith has said Kate Middleton ‘doesn’t have a mean bone in her body’ The 55-year-old ‘doesn’t believe a word that Meghan said’ in Oprah interview Comes before …
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Queen is deluged with hundreds of letters of support and encouragement in the wake of Meghan and Harry’s Oprah interview – and her ladies-in-waiting reply to every one Every day, sacks full of post are delivered to the Queen at Windsor Castle Cards, gifts and letters are said to be …
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A Royal Canadian Air Force CH-149 Cormorant helicopter performs search and rescue training with M/V Halmar, in the Halifax harbour, on Oct. 27, 2020. Andrew Vaughan/The Canadian Press Another chapter in Sable Island’s long history of providing rescue services for struggling seafarers may be about to begin. The Royal Canadian …
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Useful frm ‘Which’ re latest scams (+ link to reg for protection from ID theft) on 15:49 – Mar 25 by GeoffSentence I had one of those yesterday, thankfully it was out of context for me, unlike the example victim on that link who was ready to believe it because …
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Newly uncovered, intimate photos show the Queen sitting for a portrait with a man on the run from Interpol for kidnapping his son, failing to pay child support and accused of swindling his patrons. Photo slides obtained by DailyMailTV show Queen Elizabeth in a formal gown, sat in her throne …
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Another offered a shopping list of “scam pages and live panels” for TSB at £200 a shot, Barclays at £200, Lloyd’s at £175, HSBC at £150 and Halifax for £125. Other sites touted included Ebay, Apple Pay, PayPal, EE, Netflix, DVLA, HMRC and Royal Mail. UK Finance data showed the …
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It was believed to be the first time a judge had demanded such a declaration and was described by media lawyers as “extraordinary” and “troubling.” The Duchess, 39, sued Associated Newspapers over the publication of five articles that reproduced extracts of the five-page handwritten letter. She was last month granted …
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