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To highlight how scammers are now using increasingly sophisticated and manipulative tactics to dupe the public, OFT has designated February 2010 Scams Awareness Month. The campaign calls on consumers to drop scam mail or evidence into designated 'Scamnesty' bins or boxes at local libraries and public areas across the UK.
UK Consumer Minister Kevin Brennan said: 'We have invested £7.5 million to create 'scambuster' teams across the country. These specialist Trading Standards teams are working hard with the Police and others across local authority boundaries to come down hard on the worst scammers. We are determined to take the fight to these crooks.' For more information contact the Scamnesty website. Related Articles: Online ticket retailer Seatwave beats postal strike through HMV partnership Seatwave and UK music retailer, HMV, have joined up with Seatwave in launching an in-store music ticket box office. The partnership will allow customers to buy and sell tickets in HMV right up to the day of the event. Seatwave will also launch an online ticket exchange for HMV.
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scams are on the rise, according to new research by the Office of Fair Trading
(OFT) in the UK. A survey found that around one in 11 (just over 4 million)
adults have responded to a scam and nearly a third lost money as a result. 