It is hard to imagine a more clichéd scam than a down-on-his-luck Nigerian prince emailing strangers overseas for a trifling sum. But the textbook swindle – known as an “advance fee” scam – still ...

Fraud has been around for as long as human beings have existed, and surprisingly, some of the scams we may think are recent actually go back centuries. From billion-dollar banking scandals to fake ...

Lloyds Bank customers have been warned after some people have seen payments land in their accounts. The banking giant's fraud experts recently shared data and advice regarding what is known as an ...

Lloyds Bank has issued an urgent alert to customers following a surge in "advance fee" fraud. The bank's fraud specialists revealed earlier this year that these scams, which frequently originate on ...