Metropolitan Police raid homes in UK’s biggest-ever cyber-fraud sting

The Independent
The Independent
  • 2 years ago
Hundreds of thousands of Britons have been defrauded in a multi-million-pound scam via a website that allowed criminals to pose as high street bank representatives.

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