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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Vicky Shaw

UK government’s new fraud strategy to ‘block scams at the source’

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The government has said it is stepping forward in the fightback against scammers, with action to block fraudulent communications at their source and allow suspect payments to be delayed.

The new fraud strategy will include banning cold calls on all financial products, such as those relating to insurance or sham cryptocurrency schemes, the government said.

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