Dickinson’s Real Deal is coming to Southport...

WHY let your antiques collect dust in the attic when you can sell them for cash?

Take money on the spot from a dealer OR if you think your item is worth more….take a gamble at auction!

Back for a 3rd series, David Dickinson and the dealers will be traveling around the country looking for some more antiques delights brought in by members of the public.

If you want to sell your goods, but only for the right price, David and the dealers are going to be at Dunes Leisure Centre in Southport on Saturday 15, November 2008 from 9am to 5pm.

As usual David Dickinson will be keeping an eye on the deals giving advice on whether to take the dealers’ cash or gamble at auction. But the final decision lies with our contributors and it’s up to them to decide which option is the REAL DEAL!

We would appreciate some publicity for our Dealers day which will be filmed on Saturday 15 November 2008.

Members of the public should bring their antiques along to:-

Dunes Leisure Centre, the Esplanade, Southport. PR8 1RX

People can call us beforehand to get onto the priority queue

Tel:- 0117 970 7623 or just turn up on the day with their item.

Admission is Free.

Contact: Matt Willis at Dickinson’s Real Deal, RDF Television West, Regent House, Regent Street, Clifton, Bristol, BS8 4HG Tel: 0117 970 7623. matt.willis@rdftelevisionwest.com 

Dickinson’s Real Deal is an RDF Television West production for ITV1.

FINANCIAL CRISIS DRIVES CYBERCRIME WAVE

THE number of cybercrimes committed in the UK soared last year driven by a huge increase in online financial fraud.  The annual ‘UK Cybercrime’ report from online identity experts Garlik in collaboration with leading criminologists indicates that online financial fraud grew significantly jumping nearly 20% to 250,000 incidents in 2007 compared with 207,000 in 2006. And Garlik warns that further increases can be expected as more people turn to financial crime to weather the worsening economic climate.  Overall, this year’s cybercrime report concludes that more than 3.5 million online crimes were carried out last year; a rise of 9% on the previous year’s figures. Garlik’s study also points to the growing professionalisation of cybercrime and specifically online financial fraud. This year’s research reveals that Britons’ personal details and ‘stolen identities’ are increasingly being traded illegally on the Internet and, in the process, fuelling a black market of personal information which has more than doubled (from 27 to 57 different illegal trading networks) over the past 9 months. In fact, to date this year more than 19,000 illicit traders have been identified.  The ‘UK Cybercrime’ report (available at www.garlik.com)  published annually and the 1st to chart the extent and types of cybercrime, reveals ‘offences against the person’ to be, by far, the most prevalent cybercrime experienced by Britons.  More than 2 million victims suffered abusive or threatening emails, false or offensive accusations posted on websites and blackmail perpetrated over the internet, up from 1,944,000 in 2006. The report suggests the growing popularity of social networking sites has driven this, providing a new widespread medium for online harassment virtually impossible to police. However, the Garlik research also reveals encouraging drops in certain categories of cybercrime. Online identity theft incidents dropped by 8% to affect just over 80 thousand victims, computer misuse affected 132,800 people compared to 144,500 in 2006, and the number of online sexual offences fell by 2% to 830,000.

Garlik CEO, Tom Ilube commented on the report findings:- “The startling growth and professionalisation of online financial fraud is the big story coming out of this year’s study.  What we’re seeing is cybercriminals increasingly turning to ever sophisticated and professional techniques for trading and selling personal data for financial gain.  It’s critical in this time of financial crisis that individuals are vigilant with their personal information because as long as the credit crunch continues, we can expect to see a real growth in online financial fraud.”

Stefan Fafinski, CEO of criminology firm 1871 Ltd, authors of the report, said:- “Cybercrime remains an issue of significant and growing public importance. While I would heartily support the Government's new initiatives to measure cybercrime and raise consumer awareness of the issue, it’s ultimately up to individuals to keep track of where their personal information appears and assume responsibility for protecting themselves online.”

For a full copy of the report please visit:- garlik.com.