100,000 people report phishing scams in the UK in 2015, say police
Action Fraud and National Fraud Intelligence Bureau say that they received an average of 8,000 reports per month in 2015

Nearly 100,000 people in the UK have reported receiving phishing scam-emails in 2015, according to the City of London Police's Action Fraud and National Fraud Intelligence Bureau. Phishing - the attempt...
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