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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Thomas Kingsley

Thousands defrauded in £48m hoax which let scammers impersonate high street banks

Metropolitan Police

Hundreds of thousands of Britons have been defrauded in a multi-million-pound scam via a website that allowed criminals to pose as high street bank representatives.

International scam website iSpoof was taken down in the UK’s biggest-ever fraud operation by the Metropolitan Police, codenamed Operation Elaborate. More than £48 million was taken from victims as a result of the platform, the force said.

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