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Warning about sexual offences linked to online dating
27 February 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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Warning after 20% rise in online & phone scams
January 18th 2016 Today sees the launch of a major new awareness campaign highlighting the dangers of ‘social engineering’ – deception used to manipulate people into a position where they can be defrauded. For information and...
18 January 2016
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Users of older Internet Explorer versions warned to upgrade
January 15th 2016 This week saw the end of Microsoft’s support for three versions of its Internet Explorer web browser. This means that if you use anything but the latest version (v11), you are warned to upgrade to avoid issues such as...
15 January 2016
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