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Stories about: Action Fraud

200,000 UK Citizens Fall Victims to Online Romance Scams A lot of people have been tricked by scammers who take advantage of people's feelings to make an easy profit. At least 2% of all British internauts know a person that had fallen for such an online trick.The UK Serious Organized Crime Agency (SOCA) commissioned a study made by YouGov in order to precisely determi... 28 September 2011 10:57 GMT Fifteen Thousand Fraud Reports in UK in 2010 UK's national fraud reporting center, Action Fraud, announced that during the first six months it received over 15,000 web reports. The losses generated by these scams varied between as little as £6 to over £1 million ($1.5 million).Fifteen thousands reports might seem a small number compared to Unit... 12 July 2010 11:29 GMT