by Steve | Nov 6, 2020 | Personal Finance
The popularity of social media platforms like Instagram has led to a boom in multi-level marketing businesses (MLMs). These typically present themselves as ‘home business opportunities’: a chance to make cash from your couch by selling products....
by Steve | Apr 10, 2020 | Personal Finance
Businesses have been raising the alarm bells about scammers taking advantage of the COVID-19 outbreak to try and fleece some money out of concerned members of the public. It is important to remain on the look out for fraud and other kinds of scam – particularly at...
by Steve | Feb 28, 2020 | Personal Finance
We’ve often talked about the different kinds of scam that are common online these days, and we’ve shared general tips for spotting and avoiding them. However, as Facebook Marketplace continues to grow, threatening to overtake long-established sites like...
by Steve | Jul 26, 2019 | News, Personal Finance
At the start of the year, financial guru Martin Lewis made a lot of noise about dangerous financial scams appearing on Facebook, after he became aware of fake adverts using his name and image to try and lend credibility to their cons. Although he started his campaign...
by Steve | Mar 4, 2019 | News, Personal Finance
‘Get rich quick’ schemes are usually the preserve of wily TV chancers and big-screen con men, but that hasn’t stopped Instagram users from losing on average almost £9,000 each in these types of scams. Action Fraud, the UK’s national fraud...