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Fraud

Patrick Kidd

Meta makes billions from scam adverts

An estimated 15bn of them are shown daily across platforms such as Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram

Sun 9 Nov 2025

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Cormac Kehoe
Fake companies cost HMRC £700m in tax-dodging tactics

Fri 31 Oct 2025

Fake companies cost HMRC £700m in tax-dodging tactics
Will Neal
Elon Musk’s space unicorn has a scam problem

Wed 17 Sept 2025

Elon Musk’s space unicorn has a scam problem
Eva Wiseman
Alarm bells ring when the fraud department calls

Wed 30 Jul 2025

Alarm bells ring when the fraud department calls

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