Cyber Security: Arrests made and thousands of victims contacted after scammer site taken offline

25 Apr 2024 12:34 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

Law enforcement agencies have arrested 37 suspects across the UK and around the world.

A UK-founded website used to defraud victims on an industrial scale has been infiltrated – leading to scores of arrests around the world, the Metropolitan Police has said.

As many as 70,000 UK victims were tricked by the site’s scams, which obtained 480,000 card numbers and 64,000 PINs globally.

https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/uk-news/2024/04/18/arrests-made-and-thousands-of-victims-contacted-after-scammer-site-taken-offline/


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