The Contact
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| Initial release | South Korea |
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| Directors | Chang Yoon-hyun |
| Composers | Jo Yeong-wook |
| Choi Man-Sik | |
| John Bisharat | |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 2046150 |
About The Contact
A male radio presenter and a TV home shopping phone operator get together in a special way.
Geert Wilders: Who is he and what does he want?
... " For Muslims, our sense of security is no longer secure, " Muhsin Koktas, head of The Contact Body for Muslims and Government, told Dutch TV...
Police officer Lewis Edwards asked for sex images in school uniform
... Speaking in court, another victim, who was 13 when Edwards contacted her, said The Contact began when she was about to start at a new school...
Met Police investigated by watchdog after man dies
... The IOPC said it was investigating The Contact between police officers and Mr Bachir before he died...
Sick toddler Theo to fly home from Portugal, says mum
... She said before this latest update The Contact with Axa had been " just shambolic" as she had not been informed whether the insurers were securing a specialist paediatric team for the flightBefore Sarah revealed that Theo would be going home, an Axa spokesperson said: " It is our absolute priority for the Jones family to return to the UK as soon as is logistically possible...
Scams impersonating financial regulator double
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McDonald's supervisor guilty of sexually assaulting trainee
... He sexually assaulted the victim in an area near the restaurant s freezer in December 2022, later claiming The Contact had not been deliberate...
Kevin Spacey: Jurors told actor is a 'sexual bully' during sex assault trial
... Over time Mr Spacey began to touch him inappropriately, the complainant alleged, with The Contact becoming " more intense" and escalating to occasions when he would " grab and grope...
Alfie Steele: The sports-mad boy killed by brutal punishments
... Det Ch Insp Leighton Harding told reporters outside court The Contact the force had had with the family " did not meet the criteria for a referral" to the IOPC and a review had left them " satisfied" this remained the case...
Scams impersonating financial regulator double
By Faarea MasudBusiness reporter
The UK's financial regulator has warned of an increasing number of scammers pretending to be the watchdog.
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said its impersonators aim to get people to hand over money or sensitive information, such as bank account PINs and passwords.
The Public reported More Than 7,700 instances of this type of scam to the FCA's contact centre So Far this year.
Reports of this type of scam have More Than doubled since 2021, the FCA said.
It added that a common tactic used by fraudsters was to tell people they were owed compensation, And Then ask for bank details or a processing fee to arrange " payment".
The FCA said it did not contact people in this way, and that anyone asked for personal information should hang up The Phone or ignore the email.
Steve Smart , an Executive Director of enforcement at the FCA, urged anyone concerned that they had been contacted by a scammer should check the FCA website.
What should I do if I suspect I've been contacted by a fraudster?The FCA gave The Following advice:
The FCA said it had been " ramping up" its scrutiny of scams as household budgets are squeezed from The Rising cost of living.
It Comes after industry group Uk Finance found
That is the equivalent of £2,300 every minute with frauds involving payment cards being The Most common.
The government this year released a new fraud strategy, which will include allowing banks to delay payments from being processed for longer, to allow for suspect payments to be investigated.
The FCA said it was working with the government That would mean, for example, a salesperson could not call you to sell you any type of insurance, such as accident or Home Insurance .
The regulator said it was being contacted about different types of financial scams, such as " boiler room" scams, where fraudsters cold-call investors offering them worthless, overpriced or even non-existent shares or bonds.
Callers to the regulator also reported being persuaded to invest in non-existent digital currencies, or cryptocurrencies, which the regulator said was a widely unregulated and high-risk sector.
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com
