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Scotland Yard e-cops 'fighting to save Xmas'

UK cybercops have managed to dismantle more than 2,000 fraudulent shopping websites that have ripped off thousands. The Met's Police Central e-Crime Unit (PCeU) hopes smashing the online rogue traders will make online shopping in the run-up to Christmas much safer. The dodgy sites targeted by the action purported to sell a raft …

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AndrueC
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If it looks/sounds too good to be true - it probably is.

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re: If it looks/sounds too good to be true - it probably is.

Not sure whether comment applies to dodgy sites or the Police being pro-active about the sites

JimC
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@looks too good to be true

for sure, but if a hundred sites come up in google all offering much the same deal then maybe it starts looking a bit more credible...

Anonymous Coward
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Interesting...

But I'm not so sure people are so stupid as to be tricked by these sites.

Just greedy. And the police are doing their standard job of being Copyright Enforcers, of course.

I certainly hope people aren't that stupid, anyway.

TeeCee
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Unfortunately you have overlooked the well-known First Rule of Sales:

"Never underestimate the stupidity of the buying public."

Dennis Wilson
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Some of the clone websites are good, real good. With nothing but a dot in the address to show that the expertly made website is a credit card collecting machine, i can understand how some people are scammed.

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how do they get authorised for credit card payments

It's hard enough for legitimate businesses, so how come the Banks are so happy to deal with the crooks? And hopefully the banks are liable to the customers (Consumer Credit Act 1974).

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