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<p>Incidents of romance fraud published by the Office for National</p><p>Statistics
in the Crime in England and Wales Appendix tables under the heading data fraud for
each of the last three years are:</p><p> </p><p>2015 2,544</p><p>2016 2,875</p><p>2017
3,364</p><p> </p><p>The Joint Fraud Taskforce, which bring together government, law
enforcement and banks to tackle fraud, has a programme of work committed to tackling
fraud against those who are particularly vulnerable or susceptible to fraud. This
work, led by National Trading Standards is considering a number of initiatives including
banking interventions to prevent victims transferring large sums of money and better
identifying and assisting vulnerable victims. In addition the Take Five to Stop Fraud
campaign is designed to help encourage the public to protect themselves from fraud
and scams, providing advice on specific behaviours to help them be more resilient
to fraudulent approaches. The campaign was developed jointly by the banking industry,
Government experts and the Joint Fraud Taskforce.</p><p>All incidents of Romance Fraud
should be reported to Action Fraud, the national fraud reporting line operated by
City of London Police, which enables the police to develop intelligence and track
down those committing this crime.</p>
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