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They are responsible for conning an estimated £100m out of UK residents each year but, despite wide publicity and government warnings, people just keep ...
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9 Feb 2005 ... This morning, Breakfast looked at the growing problem of prize draw scams. We heard from one pensioner who reckons he's spent around £20000 ...
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25 Jun 2002 ... An estimated £100m is being conned out of British residents each year by foreign prize draw scams, an investigation by BBC Radio Five Live ...
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into a prize draw. The mention of using your photo in publicity is also ... For your eyes only – another trick scammers use is to personalise the letter as ...
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19 Feb 2007 ... To fight back against the scammers, the OFT this week sent out thousands of fake prize draw scam mailings together with advice to residents ...
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Avoid prize draw scams and fraud. You wont win top cash prizes. The real winners are competition fraudsters. Which? explains competition prize draw fraud.
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The Which? guide to prize draw scams reveals the different types of fake prize draw scam and how to avoid them, information on new regulations banning prize ...
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More than 20 elderly people have collectively handed over £350000 in a prize draw scam, the consumer watchdog warned today. ...
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11 Sep 2008 ... In today's column, we've revealed how mail order catalogue firm Vital Beauty scams people with the lure of a big prize draw win. ...
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15 Feb 2005 ... For further information on 'Scams Awareness Month' visit the OFT website: .... Thousands of prize draw mailings that go through consumer's ...
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