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Security experts say 2008 was a boom year for hi-tech criminals and the net's underground economy.

Tales from the financial front-line - insiders' views of the biggest banking upheaval in decades

A man in his 80s with dementia and a woman in her 90s are among the victims of scamsters, according to Trading Standards.

The economic downturn is "proving a hotbed" for global cyber-crime, a study by security firm McAfee warns.

Scam-artists are more likely to target their victims during the festive period and in an economic downturn.