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by TerranceBoyce Wed Oct 01, 2014 6:20 pm
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/crackdown-on-online-dating-fraudsters-who-rip-off-victims-9766872.html

01 October 2014

It cited two cases within the last fortnight, in which one victim lost £170,000 and another was cheated out of £140,000, and warned the skill of the criminals involved meant that “pretty well anyone” could fall victim.

The crackdown, launched today at City Hall by Met Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe and Deputy Mayor Stephen Greenhalgh, is part of a wider purge on cyber crime and fraud by a new Met team codenamed Falcon.

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