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Other News: Government unveils £4.5m online fraud crackdown

The government has announced a £4.5m investment to equip the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) and Trading Standards with the teams, training and technology needed to combat online scams.

Recent OFT research found that scams cost three million UK consumers over £3bn a year, and that three quarters of the population have been sent an email scam in the past year.

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