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Shopping On The Internet Is No 'Wild West' If You Take Care
Do you shop on the Internet? Of course you do.
The UK's internet shopping market is estimated to be worth more than £42 billion this year, with more than 26 million people set to buy online, according to the industry body for e-commerce.
But be warned. The Mail talks of a “Wild West” culture on the web. The Mail will always dwell on the darker side of the boom. But there is some truth in the scaremongering.
Metropolitan Police Pay Millions For A Grass
Grasses, snitches, squealers, police informants and narks are costing us with their blabbing - to the tune of a not very tuneful £2.2million a year. And that’s only in London.
This rather hefty figure comes courtesy of the Metropolitan Police, and refers to crime season 2006/07 when said amount was paid out in rewards for information about criminals operating in the capital and in other areas.
eBay Con-Artist Sent Down
You never know what you might find on eBay – from antique furniture to toothpicks and sports cars to soiled underpants, it’s all there if you want it. And if you have the cash.
Something else that you’ll inevitably come across lurking on the auction website is the common or garden fraudster, an item which may end up costing you a lot more than you bargained for.
Arise Queen Alan Shearer Of Newcastle United
He may have been famously referred to as ‘Mary Poppins’ by a couple of Newcastle United directors, but no-one could ever have mistaken Alan Shearer for the Queen,. Until now that is.
The BBC reports that hundreds of fake £20 notes bearing the image of the former England star have been seized by Trading Standards.
BA Hit With Hefty Fines
The airline may be Britain’s pride of the sky, but BA’s involvement in the recent price-fixing scandal will no doubt have damaged its global image as well as putting a dent in its bank balance.
The company has been hit with a record £121.5million fine by the Office of Fair Trading after admitting to price-fixing of fuel charges on its long-haul flights. BA also faces more fines, this time from the US Department of Justice, which could see their total pay-out hitting the £350million mark.
The £3,000 Ryanair Cigarette
alt="red%20arrows.jpg" src="http://www.kerching.tv/red%20arrows.jpg" width="199" height="150" />Travelling with a budget airline can drive anyone to drugs, what with the sub-human staff and the inevitable battle with fellow cheapskates for the best seats. And for one Martin Rose, the need for a cheeky ciggie proved too great and too costly.
The United Kingdom Of Fraud
Forget Facebooking, the biggest fad sweeping this great nation of ours is none other than fraud. From the phoney reasons for going to war, to cash-in-hand decorating jobs, everyone is at it.
According to research by accountants KPMG, more than 100 fraud cases came to court in the last six months, with a value of almost £600million.
£3billion Cost Of Asbo Yobbing
There is something darkly amusing about hearing MPs bemoaning the nation’s supposed yob culture from the comfort of their plush Westminster offices.
While banks and big business continue to rip us all off, our dear elected Members of Parliament would rather clack their marmalade-coated tongues at the working classes.
Prison Officer eBay Addict Set For Porridge
We all like a bit of praise, don’t we? It gives us that little boost we need to help us through each day of our sordid little meaningless lives.
Yet for prison officer Timothy Stark, a few compliments went to his head, with rather unfortunate consequences.
Fraud And Identity Theft On The Internet
One of the great things about Facebook and those other networking websites is that you can, basically, stalk people without them ever knowing. You can ogle pictures of friends of friends of friends ‘til the cows come home. Not that I’d ever stoop so low.
Anyway, with all that personal information floating around out there in what is still referred to as cyberspace, it will come as little surprise to find that fraudsters are starting to work the system for their own ill-gotten gains.
Call The Corpse! Undertakers Steal From The Dead
It is widely accepted that stealing from a dead man is somehow morally even worse than nicking from someone who is still alive. However, surely being the victim of a crime is more traumatic when you are alive? Anyway, for heartless thieves Maurice Bartlett, 59, and David Dicks, 54, the temptation to fleece a corpse was just too strong.