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Archive for April, 2008


04/18, 2008

Internet con targets city church

Worshippers at a small Bristol church find themselves at the centre of an international internet scam.

04/17, 2008

How holiday scam snared thousands

How did a gang of fraudsters cheat thousands of holidaymakers out of their money?

04/17, 2008

Gang jailed for £6m holiday scam

Gang members who cheated thousands of people in a bargain holiday booking scam are jailed.

04/17, 2008

Spain holds lottery scam suspects

Spanish police arrest 87 Nigerians alleged to be in a gang which defrauded at least 1,500 people by letter and e-mail.

04/15, 2008

Phishing attacks soar in the UK

Phishing attacks by fraudsters more than tripled in the first three months of the year, experts say.