Scams steal Â£8.4bn from taxpayer
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The UK loses five times more money to VAT cheats than any other EU country, a report claims.
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Americans lost at least $548 million  to identity theft and consumer fraud last year as the Internet  provided new victims for age-old scams, according to government  statistics released Tuesday.
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A French tax official cheated the  government out of 600,000 euros ($820,000) by creating a  phantom identity as a university professor and claiming a  salary for some 15 years, the government said Monday.
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The European Commission on Friday said it was scrutinising a French tax scheme under which Vivendi Universal unlocked â¬3.8 billion ($4.
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Italian authorities are bringing charges in a scam involving fraudulent e-mail to bank customers.
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LONDON: Fraud costs Britain a minimum of 13.9 billion a year, and the figure could be as high as 20 billion, according to a report yesterday.Comment
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HMRC figures it out Missing trader or carousel fraud cost Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs Â£3bn in the last financial year.â¦
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Pay up or you'll never see your data again Pond-dwelling scammers have developed a new cyber-extortion ruse.â¦
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Dangerous new ways to try to steal your money are in progress.
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The government's Money Claim Online small claims service is being overwhelmed by claims for bank charges.
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A man who inadvertently left Â£1,200 in an item of clothing he gave to a charity shop is told the money has been banked.
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Peers hear losses set to reach Â£45.7m for 2006 UK incidents of phishing scams have grown 8,000 per cent over the last two years, according to the government's financial watchdog authority. Although losses remain modest compared to other forms of financial fraud, banking security experts speaking before the House of Lords science and technology committee are concerned about the growing prevalence of scams designed to trick consumers into handing over online banking credentials.â¦
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BRITONS are being tricked out of 1 billion a year by con artists using low-cost marketing scams, the Office of Fair Trading warned yesterday.
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Societe Generale has uncovered a $7.14 billion fraud that, combined with a write-down from its subprime exposure, will force it to seek $8.02 billion in new capital
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Bounty should go to a good home, says report The UK is missing out on more than Â£1bn in lost taxes and the creation of over 13,000 new high-paying jobs over four years if we all took software piracy more seriously, according to a new report.â¦
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Tens of millions of pounds have been overpaid through benefit errors or fraud, according to a new report.
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Identity fraud a hash About Â£13bn of fraud was committed in the UK in 2005, but the figure could be on the conservative side, a report commissioned by the Association of Chief Police Officers said today.â¦