Action fraud, the national fraud-reporting agency, has expanded its service to take reports of attempted frauds and internet crimes. Previously, unless money had actually been handed to a fraudster, a crime was not deemed to have been committed. Therefore Action Fraud would not investigate incidents such as those for the ongoing bogus cold-call scams about infected home computers. The agency now says that people should report any type of communication "asking for money in relation to a bogus lottery win, inheritance or other approach for money that is not genuine but related to a type of fraud". A crime report will not be generated but Action Fraud "can collect the details via an information report and pass it onto the police." Action Fraud, which was launched two years ago and is now part of the Home Office, said: "This is the first time that any service has been dedicated to capturing intelligence about this kind of crime and it will help to make the UK a safer place to do business online."
展开▼
