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    With a simple tap, money will fly out of your bank account and into the pockets of the landlord or restaurant owner. But sometimes your waiter, waitress or bartender won't present the card machine to you for you to tap. They'll ask to take your card so they can do it themselves. That's fine, right? Wrong. According to fraud expert Andrew Goodwill, you should never hand over your card in any circumstances. The founder of the Goodwill Group against CNP (card not present) fraud shared his advice with Mirror Online. He said: There is an unwritten code of good practice which is that when paying by either contactless card or by any other card, that the card should always be in the sight of the customer. If the card reader is not brought to you for the transaction to take place t...

    The commissioner of the Metropolitan Police has warned that a terror attack in the UK is a case of "when, not if". Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe has said that he cannot promise an attack will not take place, despite being in charge of preventing them. Writing in the Mail on Sunday he said instead that he could offer reassurance by explaining what the police and security services were doing to protect the public. Speaking of the terrorist atrocities Europe has seen recently, Sir Bernard said: "I feel and understand that fear, and as the police officer in charge of preventing such an attack I know you want me to reassure you. "I am afraid I cannot do that entirely. Our threat level has been at 'Severe' for two years. It remains there. "It means an attack is highly likely - you cou...