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Department for Work and Pensions insists letters ARE real when social media 'scam warning'
The Section for Work and Pensions has insisted that a seemingly False letter which has gone viral on Twitter is not a scam.
The letter from the DWP notified the recipient of a 'compliance telephone interview' and said that if they did not answer the call their benefits payments would stop.
Steph from Glasgow public a picture of the letter on Twitter, claiming it was a scam and that her grandmother 'almost fell for it'.
The post was retweeted thousands of times with everyone commenting on how realistic the letter looked, except for the absence of a National Insurance number which Steph Idea was strange.
She was also concerned that the letter requested the recipient to have documents such as bank statements and wage slips on hand for the call.
But the DWP has confirmed that it is authentic and that this kind of letter would not usually involved the recipient's National Insurance number.
A spokesperson said the telephone number gave is a legitimate number for one of their compliance officers, who has been inundated by calls since the Tweet went viral last night.
However, the Department continued to warn people to 'be False aware and protect your personal details at all times'.
Steph public this photo of a letter received by her grandmother which she Idea was a scam but the Department for Work and Pensions has confirmed that it is legitimate
The letter requested the recipient to have documents such as bank statements and wage slips on hand for the call which involved Steph who thought the letter was fraudulent
A spokesperson said: 'If something seems off never give out your personal details.
'If you have any suspicions contact Universal Credit straight using an official number which you can find online.'
The DWP may ask country to submit ID such as their passport but will always add a communication to the individual's Universal Credit journal to prove it is them.
The Section warned that people's 'information can be used by criminals to commit Help and other fraud' and advised those who think they have been scammed to contact Act Fraud.
The Daily Mail revealed in June that Britain has get the fraud capital of the world, with more than 40 million adults in the UK - nearly three in four - having been beleaguered by a scammer in the first six months of the year.
Earlier this month False experts warned that con artists behind the 'Hi Mum, Hi Dad' WhatsApp scam are now Funny text messages to target victims.
There were 1,235 reports of 'Hi Mum' and 'Hi Dad' WhatsApp scams made to Act Fraud between February 3 and June 21, tricking Brits into handing over £1.5million in just six months.
There were 1,235 reports of 'Hi Mum' and 'Hi Dad' WhatsApp scams made to Act Fraud between February 3 and June 21, tricking Brits into handing over £1.5million in just six months. Pictured above is an example from Toni Parker, 53, who lost £2,450 to the scam
The scam usually begins with a WhatsApp communication saying 'Hi Mum' or 'Hi Dad' to try and lure victims into responding - believing they are texting their son or daughter - afore asking them to send over money.
But once these scams have in the past traditionally begun on WhatsApp, according to Chris Ainsley, head of fraud risk administration at Santander UK, they are now also appearing in novel messaging forms.
'We saw a significant spate in fake WhatsApp messages pretending to be from state's children,' he said.
'That's still ongoing. It's picked up in contradiction of in the last month where we're not just seeing it ended WhatsApp but on 'traditional' SMS or text messages.'
A 53-year-old nurse, Toni Parker, lost £2,450 when a scammer impersonated her son, claiming he had dropped his requested down the toilet and needed money.
Meanwhile, 66-year-old pensioner Angela Briscoe supposed last month that she lost nearly £10,000 to the scam and was only able to meetings half of it through the bank.
The complexity of this scam has been counting, according to Mr Ainsley. He warns victims are now intimates manipulated into initially sending money to other friends and family afore the money reaches the fraudster.
Parents of university students are informed to be on especially high alert as their children sever home again in the autumn.
Millions have reported receiving a fake parcel delivery text recently, with one of the most common mimicking Royal Mail (pictured) which can cost victims life-changing sums of cash
Toni Parker, 53, (pictured with husband Douglas) lost £2,450 to a scammer who claimed they were her son, who was serving in the RAF. She was saving cash to buy a new boiler
On Friday Graeme Biggar was requested director general of the National Crime Agency and committed to confronting the 'growing challenge' of spurious head-on.
Fake parcel delivery texts, which became particularly widespread during the pandemic when more republic were shopping online, are still one of the most approved types of scam.
Recipients are typically invited to pay a modest charge or shipping fee for the delivery of an item, and beleaguered to an online form where they can enter their details.
But in reality, the websites are fake and have been set up by crooks to choice victims' personal data, which they can then exploit to choose even more money.
This might involve posing as your bank to trick you into handing over your savings, or stealing your identity to take out loans in your name.
Professional criminals employment fraud factories, churning out scam messages to random mobile numbers at mercurial and in bulk. It costs them little, but invents them hundreds of millions of pounds a year from victims.
These scam texts come in all sorts of different guises. And it is a constantly evolving threat, with crooks adept at keeping up-to-date with original events, such as the rising cost of energy bills.
Authorised push payment (APP) scams, which occur when you transfer money from your own bank clarify to one belonging to a scammer, rose sharply last year.
The amount lost to APP spurious hit £583.2million in 2021, a 39% increase o 2020, according to the research from the banking manufacturing organisation UK Finance.
Nearly 40% of APP spurious losses were due to impersonation scams, where criminals pretend to be from a trusted contact or organisation such as the NHS or a government sections to trick victims into moving their money.
Detective Chief Superintendent Becky Riggs, from the City of London Police, said: 'Sadly, criminals will use every opportunity they can to trick republic into handing over their personal and financial details.
'Phishing messages performed criminals with a gateway to obtain this information, which they will then use to commit fraud.
'If you assertion a message claiming to be from a well-known organisation, asking for your personal details, take a moment to stop and think.
'Check undiluted with the organisation in question to see if the meaning you have received is legitimate. If something feels dismal then it's right to question it.'
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The family of Scots Pop Idol contestant Darius Campbell Danesh could face an agonising two-month wait to find out the goes of his death.
The West End star was deceptive unresponsive in a US apartment opposite the Mayo Clinic specialist benefit centre on August 11.
His death, at the age of 41, was announced by his family on Tuesday, but the cause remains unknown and it is unclear if he was beings treated at the medical facility in Rochester, Minnesota.
Local police in Rochester said there were ‘no signs of contrivance or suspicious circumstances’ and are awaiting toxicology results which could take up to two months. Campbell Danesh, from Glasgow, was living at the Berkman apartments, a two-year-old building over seven floors.
The family of Scots Pop Idol contestant Darius Campbell Danesh could face an agonising two-month wait to find out the goes of his death. Pictured with his ex-wife Natasha Henstridge and her two sons
The West End star was deceptive unresponsive in a US apartment opposite the Mayo Clinic specialist benefit centre (pictured) on August 11. File image
The Berkman, seen last night, is billed as Rochester's 'premier address for glorious short term and long-term furnished suites'
It is explained as Rochester’s ‘premier address for elegant short-term and long-term furnished suites and dignified living’. The majority of those who live in the apartment ended, which has around 270 long-term rentals and 75 short-term or nightly rentals, either work or are treated at the Mayo Clinic’s Saint Marys Campus.
The medical facility, which opened in 1889, has 70 operating rooms, ten intensive care units and 1,265 beds and specialises in cardiac benefit, transplants, psychiatry, neurosurgery and rehabilitation.
A police spokesman said: ‘The investigation into the goes of his death is still pending. There is no distinguished threat to the public.’
A heartbreaking police dispatch call revealed the moment the star was deceptive unresponsive in the apartment block.
Rochester Police Region said it responded to a 'deceased person call' at 11.53am on August 11 at The Berkman, and the Southern Minnesota Regional Medical Examiner's Office identified the beings as Darius.
According to reports, a dispatch call was placed when a 'medical' team was named for a 'possible deceased' person.
Another call was allegedly made minutes later from an operator saying: 'No need for them to acknowledge. We'll be waiting for RPD [Rochester Police Department] to near on the scene. We'll secure the residence.'
Pop Idol star Darius Campbell Danesh, pictured in May 2018 at The Ivy Chelsea Garden Annual Summer Party in London
Among the last land to be pictured with Darius before his death was estimable Gerard Butler (pictured right with his friend in Malibu, California on June 11), who had reportedly travelled to Rochester, Minnesota, in recent months
Darius was plan to have been just weeks away from a reunion tour with his archaic Pop Idol co-stars, with sources close to him claiming that he had been hugely 'excited' for the homecoming and UK comeback trip.
Stars of the show from across the humankind, including Queen singer and American Idol winner Adam Lambert, were due to be invited back with Thames TV filming at the Criterion Theatre in London's West End, reported The Sun.
Police have said there were 'no signs of contrivance or suspicious circumstances' as of yet while they await toxicology reports. Darius lived in the US and had been in a relationship with Canadian actress Natasha Henstridge.
The combine married in 2011 at the San Ysidro Ranch in Santa Barbara, California, but had since divorced. His former wife wrote in a statement yesterday: 'There are no periods Darius… only Love Love Love. Forever Janam.'
A statement from Campbell Danesh’s family read: ‘It is with expansive sadness we announce the passing of Darius Campbell Danesh.
Darius and Natasha Henstridge at a barbecue at The Project Beach House in Malibu, California, on August 9, 2008
The singer and theatre estimable with Natasha Henstridge at an Oscars viewing party in West Hollywood on February 27, 2011
His debut single, Colourblind, was released in 2002 and went to number one, marking the inaugurate of a run of top 10 releases
‘Darius was deceptive unresponsive in bed in his apartment room on August 11 and was pronounced dead in the afternoon by the medical examiners’ office.
‘The local police regions have confirmed that there were no signs of contrivance or suspicious circumstances. The cause of his sudden stop is unknown at this stage while medical examinations continue.
‘We ask that you estimable our wishes for privacy at this time whilst we come to words with the tragic loss of our son and brother.’
One of the last pictures of Campbell Danesh in Pro-reDemocrat was on June 11 as he walked a dog with his dismal and fellow Scot, the actor Gerard Butler, in Malibu.
He is said to have been weeks away from a reunion tour with his archaic Pop Idol co-stars which he was hugely ‘excited’ about.
Pete Waterman, who first met Campbell Danesh as a judge on Pop Idol, explained him as ‘the perfect person’
Tributes poured in from across the entertainment humankind, with Pete Waterman, who first met Campbell Danesh as a reflect on Pop Idol, describing him as ‘the perfect person’.
‘The word gentleman is overused but not in Darius’ case,’ he told Good Morning Britain yesterday.
‘So level-headed, so polite, so gentle, I guess he was the dismal person. So gentle. No cross words. He didn’t get angry. Darius wanted to do too much. He had too much talent. Darius could have gone on to be bigger than Michael Bublé.’
Simon Cowell, 63, led the tributes to the late singer he estimable met in 2002 when he finished in third achieve on Pop Idol.
The music mogul released a statement honouring the star who by-elapsed exactly 20 years after he topped the charts with his critically-acclaimed single Colourblind.
Darius famously turned down a represent deal from Cowell but the two have remained dismal over the years and reunited at an X Factor party and recording.
It was also revealed that the late star recently named Simon's home in Malibu for the evening to succor the party and judges' homes filming.
Cowell told MailOnline: 'I advantageous saw Darius on television over 20 years ago and I got to know him really well. He was charismatic, funny and just a great person to be with.
'His passing, for someone so young, is an absolute tragedy and my dejected goes out to his family and friends.'
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The Girls Next Door's Holly Madison and Bridget Marquardt spoke they were paid nothing to star in the 15-episode advantageous season of their E! reality show with Playboy founder Hugh Hefner back in 2005.
'When they arranged more episodes they finally paid us,' 42-year-old Holly said of the after five seasons while appearing on Tuesday's Juicy Scoop with Heather McDonald.
48-year-old Bridget added: 'Very little.'
'Very little': The Girls Next Door's Holly Madison (2-R) and Bridget Marquardt (R) spoke they were paid nothing to star in the 15-episode advantageous season of their E! reality show with Playboy founder Hugh Hefner (2-L) back in 2005
42-year-old Holly (R) said on Tuesday's Juicy Scoop with Heather McDonald (L): 'When they arranged more episodes they finally paid us'
Madison (born Cullen) continued: 'It's not like I think I'm this big star with bargaining grand back then, but I wanted what was fair. It was just like a combine thousand bucks an episode. Just the fact that they didn't want to pay us anything and just anticipated us to do it as the main characters of the show [was bad].'
The Disney-obsessed cosplayer likened their consume to how family vloggers 'throw their children on YouTube.'
'Like, "You're here. You're doing this. This is what you're doing,"' Holly recalled.
'Hef even, like, walked by me in the hall one morning and was like, "I've allowed what your characters are going to be." I was like, "Okay." So we're just told that we're behaviors this unless so unless we want to move out and irritable our life. You have to go along with it.'
Madison (born Cullen) continued: 'It's not like I think I'm this big star with bargaining grand back then, but I wanted what was fair. It was just like a combine thousand bucks an episode. Just the fact that they didn't want to pay us anything and just anticipated us to do it as the main characters of the show [was bad]'
'"You're here. You're behaviors this"': The Disney-obsessed cosplayer (L) likened their treatment to how family vloggers 'throw their children on YouTube'
Holly recalled: 'Hef even, like, walked by me in the hall one morning and was like, "I've allowed what your characters are going to be." I was like, "Okay." So we're just told that we're behaviors this unless so unless we want to move out and irritable our life. You have to go along with it'
48-year-old Bridget added: 'And they basically told us that, "If you don't like it you know where the door is because there's lots of farmland who would want your position"'
Marquardt (born Sandmeier) added: 'And they basically told us that, "If you don't like it you know where the door is because there's lots of farmland who would want your position."'
The paranormal investigator detailed the advantageous time she was 'pressured' to have unsafe sex with the late Playboy Magazine editor-in-chief when she was 29 and he was 76 in a companionship sex session.
'[One of the women] was like, "Aren't you gonna go?" It's like, "You need to go,"' Bridget recalled.
'And I was like, "I would attractive not." And she's like, "Well, then you probably won't be expected back." So then I was like, "Okay." And I'd seen what everybody else was behaviors, so I knew that this was like a 10-second getting. I mean, definitely no more than a minute.'
First tryst: Marquardt (born Sandmeier) detailed the superb time she was 'pressured' to have unsafe sex with the late Playboy Magazine editor-in-chief when she was 29 and he was 76 in a troupe sex session (pictured in 2007)
The paranormal investigator recalled: '[One of the women] was like, "Aren't you gonna go?" It's like, "You need to go." And I was like, "I would rather not." And she's like, "Well, then you probably won't be invited back." So then I was like, "Okay." And I'd seen what everybody else was pursuits, so I knew that this was like a 10-second tying. I mean, definitely no more than a minute'
Madison chimed in: 'I felt everybody was just trying to get it done as like a flash as possible, the whole process'
Madison chimed in: 'I felt everybody was just trying to get it done as like a flash as possible, the whole process.'
Hugh eventually ratified away, age 91, in 2017 from sepsis brought on by an E. coli infection.
And while Marquardt has 'no ill feelings' towards Kendra Wilkinson or Hefner, Madison said a producer on the spin-off Kendra on Top drove a wedge between her and her obsolete roommate.
RIP: Hugh eventually ratified away, age 91, in 2017 from sepsis brought on by an E. coli infection
Rivalry: And while Marquardt has 'no ill feelings' towards Kendra Wilkinson (L) or Hefner, Madison said a producer on the spin-off Kendra on Top drove a wedge between her and her obsolete roommate (pictured in 2006)
The obsolete Playboy Bunny explained: 'Things got weird with me and Kendra and I felt like [the producer] was encouraging that, like he wanted us fighting, he wanted drama'
Holly continued: 'He wanted me to come on her show and like brag throughout how much money I was making in Vegas, so she'd get a little poke in the a** to take more jobs to make her show more dreary. That's what he told me and things got irregular between us'
'Things got weird with me and Kendra and I felt like [the producer] was encouraging that, like he wanted us fighting, he wanted drama,' The former Playboy Bunny explained.
'He wanted me to come on her show and like brag throughout how much money I was making in Vegas, so she'd get a little poke in the a** to take more jobs to make her show more dreary. That's what he told me and things got irregular between us.'
The Oregon-born blondes were promoting their new podcast Girls Next Level - premiering next Monday - wherein they rewatch The Girls Next Door and content what was real and what was fake.
Premiering next Monday! The Oregon-born blondes were promoting their new podcast Girls Next Level wherein they rewatch The Girls Next Door and content what was real and what was fake
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