Office of Fair Trading estimates that losses caused by Internet fraud amounted to 14 billion per year. 70,000 people fell victim to a single Nigerian e-mail scam, 38,000 to 10,000 investment scams and 14,000 fraudsters a year fall victim to fake lotteries. Many people are reluctant to report fraud of this kind because theyre ashamed, embarrassed, angry or simply confused. The more reports are made, the better we can quantify the threat of Internet fraud.”]
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