For years, we have argued that bank fraud is too much of a grey area for those who fall victim to sophisticated scams and struggle to get refunded.

The fraud David Couldwell (pictured) suffered is the new game in town. Such 'computer takeovers' are increasingly used by criminals developing new ways of emptying victims' bank accounts.

Sigrid Hambley became a Mail Marshal after falling victim to a scam.She received a letter from a fake law firm telling her that a distant relation had left her £2m in their will

Nearly £25m-worth of attempted fraud prevented due to rapid response scheme which sees bank branch staff easily contact police if they suspect a customer is in the process of being scammed.

The list, which was compiled as part of an investigation into online fraud, shows how the crooks tricked nine major High Street banks into letting them run accounts to carry out scams.

EXCLUSIVE: Social media users in Britain are being tempted by Ponzi schemes promising to make them large amounts of quick money, we can reveal.

Almost weekly, we hear from someone who has lost their life savings to an online fraudster. Every time, we are fed the same tired line by the banks involved.

Henry Peters lost more than £50,000 after fraudsters fooled him into buying two Rolex watches, which they then collected from his home in Lincolnshire.

Hackers are always finding new ways to con people out of their money, but there are a number of quick and easy things you can do right now to better protect yourself against them.

A quarter of small and medium sized businesses have been some sort of victim of fraud, according to YouGov research by banking giant Barclays.

Our analysis suggests the security threat is increasing at an alarming rate as the nation's shoppers turn in droves to convenient 'tap and pay' cards and phone apps to ease queue stress.

Fourteen years ago, Scarborough resident Jamie Jamieson, 69, began using his thumbprint to verify his identity for financial matters - here's how to do it.

The over-60s must remain on their guard and brush up on their detective skills - to avoid falling foul of a tidal wave of financial scams.

A growing telephone scam which originated in Japan could be catching out unsuspecting Britons, leaving them hefty bills.

Just 9% of 63,000 people who took a quiz testing their financial fraud spotting abilities answered all of the questions correctly, shock new research shows.

Official figures due out this week will show that fraud and hacking is now the most common crime in England and Wales. Reported cases of fraud are running at two million a year.

Fraudsters are going on a £1.5 million a day spending spree - using other people's plastic cards. These new fraud figures are published just as Financial Fraud Action UK steps up its campaign.

Linda Walker had a call from someone saying they worked for BT and as she had phone problems she followed his instructions, even providing bank security details. Like other victims she was scammed.

Identity theft is the fastest growing crime in Britain. In the first six months of this year there were a record 89,000 identity thefts committed by financial fraudsters. Kara Eigl (pictured) was a victim.

Scammers are 'grooming' pension savers by giving them a script of what to say to get around company safeguards, warns financial giant Aegon.

In January we warned of fake websites tricking UK holidaymakers out of tens of thousands of pounds. Now a remarkably similar new site - Canaries-holidays.com - has been launched.

The bogus emails - likely to have been sent to thousands of people - are aimed at stealing your bank details by making people think someone has gone shopping using your Apple account.

Fake messages which appear to come from a friend encouraging them to click a link to receive a Sainsbury's voucher are being sent through the social app Whatsapp by fraudsters.

In controlled tests with experts, we discovered that criminals can swipe money off contactless cards as you're walking down the street, sitting in a restaurant or browsing in shops.

In recent weeks, Money Mail has revealed how Santander customers are being swindled out of their life savings - and often the crooks employ sophisticated psychological tricks.

A quarter of Britons travelling overseas have no qualms about using free public wi-fi abroad for online banking, according to a survey for This is Money.

Families preparing to banish the post-Christmas blues by planning a holiday next year are being warned to take extra care when booking online.

The ten biggest online scams lost victims across the country £670million over the last year - and this figure is likely to be far higher due to unreported cases.

Alice Schweigert was five weeks into her first term at the University of Hertfordshire when the boyfriend of one of her friends, who was in his third year at the university, made her a lucrative offer.

Expert behavioural profiler Professor David Canter was swindled by callers using 'persuasive techniques straight out of a psychology textbook'.

Jack Buster, a former financial adviser, runs a 40-strong network of fraud-fighting vigilantes. They feign interest in fake cars for sale to get crooks to hand over bank details.

There may be hope yet for Santander customers who are defrauded after the bank chose to reimburse more than £100,000 to one victim.

In the first case of its kind, Gideon Roseman managed to track down his stolen money after it been sent to a crook's account - and get every penny back.

Students are being warned once again over a phishing e-mail scam which pretends to be from the Student Loans Company.

EXCLUSIVE: Fed-up bank customers who take to social media such as Twitter to complain could leave themselves exposed to fraudsters, as a Metro Bank customer discovered.

Paresh Patel, from Harrow, discovered 18 unusual cash machine withdrawals from his account at a local Barclays branch and a Costcutter shop.

Jeremy Smith found a stunning villa with a pool in Sicily, pictured. But a fraudster had hijacked the account of a legitimate Airbnb and when Jeremy paid outside the system he lost £4,000

We challenged readers to spot the genuine communications from firms amid the scammers. However, one e-mail had us duped, not by a scam but by a genuine email.

Another small business has fallen victim to a fraudster going by the false name 'Simon Fraser' who posed as a member of NatWest staff in a bogus call from the bank.

In three new videos, the celebrities learn the tricks of email and telephone scammers and number spoofing - and top tips so that you are not caught out.

Ever since Yvonne bought a £20 blender advertised in a magazine, she's been bombarded with junk mail after her name was put on the so-called suckers list.

The password is a scourge of the modern world. Most of us use at least these online codes on a daily basis - and they don't tend to be very good. We find out how to make yourself safer.

A social experiment in a shopping centre saw Real Hustle star Paul WIlson easily glean information from shoppers eager for the chance to win a television.

A widow unwittingly transferred £3.2k straight into a fraudster's bank account after falling victim to yet another type of telephone fraud in an epidemic sweeping the country.