Police close scam shopping websites
LONDON (Reuters) More than [عزيزي الزائر يتوجب عليك التسجيل لمشاهدة الرابط للتسجيل اضغط هنا] 1,200 bogus websites that defraud shoppers across Britain by claiming to sell cut price goods have been shut down in a major police operation ahead of the busy Christmas period.
The Metropolitan police’s specialised e crime unit targeted hundreds of websites mainly run by criminal gangs in Asia which operate by hiding behind UK registered domain names.
The 1,219 websites offered shoppers the chance to purchase a range of popular items, like expensive Tiffany jewellery and trendy Ugg boots, at knock [عزيزي الزائر يتوجب عليك التسجيل لمشاهدة الرابط للتسجيل اضغط هنا] down prices.
But customers received either nothing at all or counterfeit products.
Victims also ran the potential risk of the criminals stealing their identity for misuse elsewhere, police said.
Detectives said the websites are thought to have generated millions of pounds for the gangs which could then be used to fund other illicit activity.
"The risk begins when your desire to purchase blinds your judgement or leads you to illegal websites. If it looks too good to be [عزيزي الزائر يتوجب عليك التسجيل لمشاهدة الرابط للتسجيل اضغط هنا] true, it probably is," said head of the [عزيزي الزائر يتوجب عليك التسجيل لمشاهدة الرابط للتسجيل اضغط هنا] Met’s unit, Detective Superintendent Charlie McMurdie.
The police worked in partnership [عزيزي الزائر يتوجب عليك التسجيل لمشاهدة الرابط للتسجيل اضغط هنا] with Nominet the **** responsible for UK domain name registrations and one of the world’s largest internet registries.
Trading Standards, the Office of Fair Trading and manufacturers also helped identify the fraudulent web sites. Thomson Reuters journalists are subject to an Editorial Handbook which requires fair presentation and disclosure of relevant interests.
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