Dating scammers cash in on lockdown loneliness, pocketing £8,000 per victim
Online daters are being urged not to let their guard down as Valentine’s scammers use the pandemic to dupe victims into handing over cash.
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Online daters are being urged not to let their guard down as Valentine’s scammers use the pandemic to dupe victims into handing over cash.
Valentine’s Day 2020 – which fell on a Friday - saw customers of Lloyds Bank spend £464m on their debit and credit cards, the most spent on the February holiday since 2015.
Britain’s superstar exporters could pave the way for their intermittent counterparts and help add an estimated £4.4 billion to UK exports per year, according to a new report.
The overall number of first-time buyers in Scotland fell by around a fifth during 2020, as the housing market was curtailed during the first national lockdown, according to the latest research by Bank of Scotland.
Business confidence in Scotland fell 23 points during January to -32%, according to the latest Business Barometer from Bank of Scotland Commercial Banking.
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