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<p>The number of cases of phishing that have been reported to the police is not centrally
available.</p><p>Phishing is an enabler to commit fraud and is not in itself a crime.
Where a phishing e-mail has been used to commit fraud or computer misuse offences,
the relevant fraud or computer misuse offence would be recorded by Action Fraud, who
are now responsible for the central recording of fraud offences previously recorded
by individual police forces.</p><p>Fraud offences recorded by Action Fraud, including
those relating to computer misuse crime, are published on a quarterly basis by ONS.</p><p>
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