Library image Canterbury City Council is warning motorists that QR codes which have been stuck onto some of their parking machines could be a scam. Payment for parking by QR…
Two rogue traders who scammed elderly victims out of thousands of pounds for unnecessary building work have been told to pay back more than £100,000. The pair, Sonny Maughan and…
A local man has been arrested in connection with a robbery that occurred earlier this month in the town. The incident took place on Thursday, October 10th, when a man…
A Kent fraudster who posed as a millionaire businessman to trick his victims out of thousands of pounds has been sentenced to prison. Aidan Sinclair, 61 from Greenhithe, forged documents…
A convicted romance fraudster has been ordered to pay back more than £30,000 to his victim. Kye Hughes, 35, from Rochester, defrauded a woman he met online after impressing her…
Detectives are warning house purchasers to beware of fraudsters after a victim was conned into transferring more than £70,000 to a criminal gang using a Gravesend bank account. On 15…
Residents in Kent are being urged to stay vigilant against a growing mobile phone delivery scam after two men were arrested and sentenced. Fraudsters are using stolen personal details to…
Jailed: Maxwell Rusey A man has been sentenced to five years in prison for orchestrating a romance scam that defrauded a woman of over £120,000, following an investigation by Kent…
Image: Pixabay Professional gambler Mike Stanley has been jailed for six years after conning over 6,000 victims out of a staggering £44 million in a fraudulent betting syndicate. The 68-year-old…
Library image In a jaw-dropping scam, an elderly Dover woman was tricked into mailing £10,000 in cash! The drama unfolded on September 3, 2024, when a sharp-eyed courier company tipped…
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