This week dodgy online ticket fraud took a major blow due to a landmark court case against a man who made his living out of selling tickets that he never had possession of or intended to deliver to consumers. In just three years John Koukoullis was able to make £2.7m in selling fake tickets, but […]
Category: Online consumer problems
Music fans need great care when purchasing festival tickets
As summer nears many people are looking at the upcoming festivals and concerts that come with it, but before you rush out to purchase tickets make sure that you know the source you are getting them from, as it is getting more popular for fraudsters and rip-off websites to take your money in exchange for […]
Web detective shuts down Haiti scam charity
One internet detective acting alone was able to shut down a fake charity that was scamming people for cash under the guise of sending the money to children in need in Haiti. Charles Conway, age 36, discovered an email fraud that looked like a real charity but instead of sending the money to children in […]
Government act against online scams
The government has started up a cyber enforcement team and allocated more funds to the Trading Standards in an effort to reduce the amount of online scams. Figures from OFT suggest that there are three million people involved in online scams every year within the UK, which costs the population around £3.5b per year. Most […]