Three million fraud and cyber incidents in the UK

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3241646/Crime-toll-rise-THREE-MILLION-figures-finally-cover-fraud-officer-reveals-cyber-scams-push-total-10-million-month.html

Amazingly and bizarrely online crime hasn't previously been included in crime figures.

20 September 2015

Adrian Leppard, commissioner of City of London Police, warned fellow bosses that an extra three million offences will soon be included in official statistics as victims reveal the scale of online fraud.

Fraud is on the rise partly because it is so easy for criminals to target large numbers of victims. Fraudsters can send bulk emails asking for financial details, use bogus websites that trick online shoppers, or set up sophisticated phone scams in which gangs pretend to be bank staff, IT experts or even the police.