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Ticket scammers arrested

March11th 2016 Eight people have been arrested by Essex Police after hundreds reported being scammed after buying tickets to sporting events.  For information and advice about buying tickets safely online, click here Last year over 500...

11 March 2016

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Life sentence for rapist who met victims online

March 3rd 2016 Multiple rapist Jason Lawrance has been sentenced to life in jail after being found guilty of raping five women who he had met on dating site Match.com. For information and advice about safe online dating, click here For the...

3 March 2016

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Cybercriminals scam love-struck Brits out of £27 million

February 11th 2016 Online dating fraud in the UK cost victims a heart-breaking £27 million last year, according to the latest stats from Get Safe Online and the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB)*. Over 2,700 online dating...

10 February 2016

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Increase in online first date sexual assaults

February 7th 2016 There has been a six-fold increase in reports of online-dating related rape offences over a five-year period, according to the National Crime Agency (NCA). For advice on how to keep online dating safe, click here The...

5 February 2016

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Make a Safer Internet Day pledge

February 5th 2016 With only four days to go until Safer Internet Day we’re encouraging, teachers, parents, young people and organisations to start thinking about what they will do this Safer Internet Day to help make the internet a better...

5 February 2016

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