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Number of money mules aged 21 and under rises by 97%

Number of money mules aged 21 and under rises by 97%

Barclays warns that students are at risk of being targeted by criminals due to their financial worries and their ignorance towards the consequences of being used as a money mule
Chinese students vulnerable to new scam, warns advisory body

Chinese students vulnerable to new scam, warns advisory body

The UK Council for International Student Affairs has issued warnings after new scams have emerged

Bus inspector jailed over ‘crash for cash’ scam

A bus inspector from Longsight is jailed over a ‘crash for cash’ scam which saw a number 42 bus in Rusholme smash into his friend’s Mercedes

The UK sits at the beating heart of global tax haven culture

Michael Selby-Green argues that corporate tax avoidance in the ‘developing world’ is a crime the UK is becoming more complicit in

The unofficial Freshers guide to scams

Every year students are being scammed, but what is anybody doing about it?