Hilary Osborne

5 days ago | msn.com | Hilary Osborne

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5 days ago | theguardian.com | Hilary Osborne

You get a call with the bad news that something has gone wrong at your bank. The caller says they are from the police or the bank and that someone will be coming round to pick up your debit card. This courier takesthe card away and uses it, running up thousands of pounds in debt before you realise that something is wrong. The scam – known as “courier fraud” – is not new, but in recent months there have been warnings about it from police forces around the UK.

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Hilary Osborne

Amid all the jargon of the government’s latest announcement on pensions on Thursday, one number will have leapt out: the claim that the average worker will gain £6,000 in their retirement fund as a result. The proposed shake-up relates to defined contribution pensions, the funds that invest workers’ regular payments in stocks, shares and other assets to grow the money.

1 week ago | msn.com | Hilary Osborne

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1 week ago | theguardian.com | Hilary Osborne

You park the car and look for somewhere to pay. A large QR code on the machine offers to take you directly to the right website where you put in your card details before going on with your day. Only much later are you hit with the double whammy: money gone from your account, and a fine for not paying the genuine parking company. The rise in app- and phone-based parking payment has opened a new frontier for fraudsters: quishing – so called because they are phishing attacks that start with a QR code.