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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Sam Barker

Warning signs you may be have been scammed in biggest ever UK phone fraud scandal

Thousands of criminals have carried out the UK's biggest-ever fraud - and there are tell-tale signs that you might have been targeted.

The scam saw around 70,000 people contacted over the phone by criminals posing as their bank, the Metropolitan Police said.

These fraudsters stole tens of millions of pounds in what the Met calls the “biggest fraud operation ever run in this country”.

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