25 fake government websites closed down
Five people have been arrested for running fake scam websites, imitating government services Five people have been arrested for operating websites offering to help web users pay tax or apply for driving licences and passports. The operatives were actually scamming the visitors, taking their money and identities but not providing the goods and were arrested under the Fraud Act. The Advertising Standards Authority and Citizens Advice received 5,700 complaints about the websites, which all included misleading web addresses, ending in variations of the ‘gov.uk’ domain suffix, such as ‘govuk’ and…
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