Fraud offences rose by 25 per cent to 4.5m in the year to March 2021 on the back of a surge in so-called “advance fee fraud” and “consumer and retail fraud” online, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics released this morning.
The ONS said that a rise in cybercrime had been spurred by a shift in behaviour brought on by covid lockdowns.
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