Fraud losses from coronavirus scams hit £5m mark

Hope William-Smith
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A total of £5.1m worth of losses to fraud have been reported across the UK since February, according to ActionFraud.

More than 11,000 coronavirus-themed scams have been brought to ActionFraud since the start of the lockdown, Press Association reports, with the most common identified as including a pension-related...

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