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Wound up by online retailers' fake transaction clock countdowns

OPINION: The clock is ticking. You can watch the seconds tick down before the transaction is cancelled. You have to make a decision. Oh, no! 205 people are currently looking at this item, and there's ... read more

More than massages: A hidden sex industry in Hampton Roads

The Tidewater thread of an online forum called USAsexguide.info indicates at least 40 Asian massage parlors have set up shop on ... often go by fake names, like Nancy, Amy or CiCi. Lisa said the ... read more

The Strange Brands in Your Instagram Feed

All these sites use a platform called Shopify, which is like the Wordpress or Blogger of e-commerce, enabling completely turnkey online stores. Now ... When they hit the site, there is a countdown ... read more

Hundreds back Kilgore

Breaking News Authorities: Danville inmate tried to hire hitman, wound up talking to undercover ATF agent Login to shop for Deals and books or to chat. CHAMPAIGN — Faculty support for James Kilgore ... read more

Fight for your rights: Don’t get caught by dodgy PPI claims companies

That’s when KF turned to Moneywise. Our investigations reveal that KF is far from being the only victim. Online, many complain of their dealings ... to learn that JAS went bust in 2016 and was wound ... read more

Here, I Made This for You

The manuscript wound up in the hands of a prominent reviewer in ... All the time I'd been working on the novel, I believed I was racing against the clock and feeling intense anxiety over some ... read more

Hetherington Extra: More dodgy dealing in timeshare

Turn the clock back to 2006 ... Everyone who stumped up the cash then received the same letter, saying: 'Unfortunately, and due to circumstances beyond our control, the purchaser was not able to ... read more

Revenge of the fraudster pianist

However, last week, in an extraordinary twist, leading classical music magazine Gramophone said it could prove Hatto's purported works were fake. By electronically ... Ltd was fined £4,000 and finally ... read more

Doomsday Clock Moves Ahead: It Is Now Two And A Half Minutes To Midnight

"Words Matter": Board Marks 70th Anniversary of Iconic Clock By Expressing Concern About "Unsettling" and "Ill-Considered" Statements of President Trump on Nuclear Weapons and Climate Change; ... read more

Consumer psychology and the e-commerce checkout (infographic)

Online retailers, take note ... and when it comes to paying up, more than 80pc feel safer about completing a transaction upon seeing ‘trustworthy’ card logos (eg, Visa, MasterCard) prominently ... read more

Seal seriously injured after getting caught in trash

Then, watched by an anxious crowd, they cleaned the deep wound around its neck and freed it back into the ... Happily we managed it and Sue, Tamara and myself were able to circle round and sneak up ... read more