Consumers have been encouraged to be vigilant when shopping online after research showed fraud was rife on secondhand marketplaces, with Depop, Shpock and Preloved named…
View More Fraud rife on secondhand marketplaces Depop, Preloved, and ShpockTag: Online shopping
Chinese network behind one of world’s ‘largest online scams’
More than 800,000 people in Europe and the US appear to have been duped into sharing card details and other sensitive personal data with a…
View More Chinese network behind one of world’s ‘largest online scams’It’s daylight e-robbery: how entrepreneurs feel powerless as their work is ripped off
After years of dealing with mental health issues, Kelly Robinson-Key found writing poetry helped her through the dark times. From there has emerged a cottage…
View More It’s daylight e-robbery: how entrepreneurs feel powerless as their work is ripped offSpending on accidental subscriptions has doubled in a year in UK
The amount consumers spent on accidental subscriptions that are easy to get into but hard to cancel has doubled in a year, Citizens Advice has…
View More Spending on accidental subscriptions has doubled in a year in UKFake reviews and hidden online charges to be banned under new rules
Fake reviews and unavoidable hidden online charges – which cost consumers £2.2bn a year – are to be banned under new laws to force businesses…
View More Fake reviews and hidden online charges to be banned under new rulesSelling goods online? Be warned: HMRC will soon know about it
Anyone selling used clothes on Vinted, renting out their home on Airbnb, or getting rid of old camera equipment on eBay is going to come…
View More Selling goods online? Be warned: HMRC will soon know about itBoxing Day shoppers expected to spend £3.7bn, a big drop on last year
Shoppers are expected to spend £3.7bn this Boxing Day – but that’s 3% less than a year ago as the sales are now overshadowed by…
View More Boxing Day shoppers expected to spend £3.7bn, a big drop on last yearThousands of HSBC customers in UK unable to access online banking services
Thousands of HSBC customers reported they were unable to access its online and mobile banking services on one of the busiest online shopping days of…
View More Thousands of HSBC customers in UK unable to access online banking servicesBlack Friday fails to rally UK shoppers as sales look sluggish
Shoppers took to their laptops and flocked to high streets on Black Friday in what is expected to be one of the busiest retail days…
View More Black Friday fails to rally UK shoppers as sales look sluggishWeapons banned in UK apparently found on shopping app Temu
The Chinese online marketplace Temu is selling what appear to be illegal weapons, as well as knives and axes that should be age-restricted, an investigation…
View More Weapons banned in UK apparently found on shopping app Temu