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US fraudsters tried to steal £5k for jewellery from Carmarthenshire man | This is South Wales A store manager was forced to borrow money from friends, family and work colleagues to pay for "bills and essentials" after his bank account was used to try to buy £5,000 worth of jewellery in America. Darren Hudson, of Johnstown, discovered he was being targeted by fraudsters thousands of miles across the Atlantic after visiting a cashpoint machine on Wednesday.

Scam alert - beware unexpected refunds, lottery wins or insurance payouts | Dyfed Powys Police | Heddlu Dyfed Powys Dyfed Powys Police is appealing for people to be on their guard against fraudsters and scams after several reports of residents in the Llanelli area being conned out of substantial amounts of money or attempts being made by fraudsters to scam them. The scam works by fraudsters calling residents, usually elderly or vulnerable people, telling them they are owed money in the form of refunded bank charges, from a payment protection insurance claim, or from any manner of other types of refund or winnings they’re due. The caller then asks for an administration fee, in many cases more than once, to process the repayment.

Professionals targeted in ongoing computer internet scam. | Dyfed Powys Police | Heddlu Dyfed Powys Dyfed Powys Police are warning people in Powys to be aware of a sophisticated telephone scam where fraudsters claim to be calling from Microsoft or the victims broadband provider and offer to remove viruses and “speed up” their computer. The fraudsters direct their victim to a website where they unwittingly give the fraudster permission to access the victims’ computer remotely.

Police warn of bogus Virtual PC Doctor calls | Dyfed Powys Police | Heddlu Dyfed Powys Dyfed Powys Police is warning people to be aware of a sophisticated telephone scam where fraudsters claim to be calling from 'Virtual PC Doctor'.