Fraud

Nationwide customers should watch out for spam messages, after email addresses were revealed in a monthly newsletter sent by the building society to some of its members.

Tesco has called in police to investigate a possible breach of data after MoneySavingExpert.com revealed a spate of stolen Clubcard vouchers from online accounts. We are urging ALL 16 million users of the supermarket giant's loyalty scheme to check their accounts now.

Gaming giant Sony has been fined £250,000 by the data watchdog for a breach that compromised the personal information of millions of PlayStation users.

Holidaymakers who have booked accommodation using LateRooms.com are at risk of being bombarded with spam after an IT glitch allowed open access to email addresses.

Debit and credit card fraud has increased as criminals turn to old-fashioned scams to swipe people's plastic, an industry body says.

Holidaymakers have been warned to avoid non-accredited travel firms or risk being left out of pocket if something goes wrong.

O2 customers are being targeted by internet fraudsters, after a system crash left hundreds of thousands unable to use their phones last week.

NatWest, RBS and Ulster Bank customers hit by huge banking problems are now being targeted by fraudsters.

Nearly 80,000 people who feature in fraudsters' "phone books" are to be contacted by the City watchdog in the biggest operation of its kind.

British consumers are being ripped off by scams and frauds to the tune of almost £7 billion a year, but official arrangements to protect them are "incoherent and fragmented", a parliamentary report warns today.