After it was reported that there were 454,000 advance fee fraud offences in England and Wales in 2022, a large jump on previous years, Will Christopher told The Telegraph and the Evening Standard that “The reason this type of fraud is rising at such an alarming rate is that fraudsters believe they can get away with it – the criminal justice system just isn’t keeping up."
28 April 2023
ONS Reports Significant Rise in Advanced Fee Fraud
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