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April 7th 2016 Thousands of people have received a new type of phishing email that includes the recipient’s name and home address. For information and advice on spam and scam email, click here. The emails claim to have been sent by a...
7 April 2016
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April 6th 2016 50% of schoolchildren surveyed by the NSPCC admit they've seen sexual, violent and other adult material on social media sites, apps and games. For information and advice on safeguarding children, click here. And 78% of...
6 April 2016
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April 4th 2016 England & Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy has condemned the people who have made "shocking and vile" sexual threats against his infant daughter on Twitter. For more information on sensible social networking,...
4 April 2016
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April 4th 2016 Airline tickets, online accommodation and timeshares targeted At Get Safe Online, we have joined forces wtih ABTA and the City of London Police to warn you about about the dangers posed by holiday booking fraud. Findings from a...
3 April 2016
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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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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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