Pretending to be government-sanctioned. Misrepresenting contract terms. Ducking demands for refunds. Selling plans under fake names. These are some of the bare-knuckle tactics telemarketers use to ...

James M Cain’s hard-bitten novella gained bleak power on screen but this version, giving Mischa Barton her UK stage debut, loses its flinty edge The West End’s woeful High Noon showed how hard it is ...

SINGAPORE - Calls from the police will soon come with a single, easily recognisable prefixed number. This is so members of the public can tell if it is a real police officer calling them, or a scammer ...

SINGAPORE – At least $2.9 million has been lost in February so far to a scam variant in which victims were duped into handing over valuables such as gold bars, jewellery and luxury watches to ...

For the caller, it can feel boring and repetitive—maybe even demoralizing. And for the person being called, it often feels like a total nuisance. But it doesn’t have to be that way. By focusing on the ...

There’s a GEICO insurance commercial from a few years ago that mocks slasher flicks. Showing four freaked-out people emerging from the woods next to a creepy old house, they opt not to get in the ...