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<p>This Government is clear that more must be done not only to disrupt and prosecute
criminals but also to protect people and businesses from becoming victims of fraud.
In February this year the Government launched the Joint Fraud Taskforce a genuine
collaboration of banks, law enforcement and government. It is the first time these
organisations have come together to tackle fraud, and particularly to focus on those
issues that have been considered too difficult for a single organisation to manage
alone. The Taskforce has five work strands which are:</p><p>- Understanding the Threat
- Bringing together data to agree key threats, vulnerabilities and drivers of fraud;</p><p>-
The Collective Response - Better targeting to disrupt and catch fraudsters, through
increased cooperation between banks and law enforcement;</p><p>- Victims & Vulnerability
- More efficient identification of victims, including addressing the barriers preventing
return of funds to victims;</p><p>- Behaviour Change - better targeted messaging on
fraud prevention and,</p><p>- Tackling systemic vulnerabilities - Designing out vulnerabilities
and loopholes in systems and processes which fraudsters exploit.</p><p>The Government
has also published in March this year "A Guide for Consumers: Staying Safe When
You Shop and Bank Online." The report draws on real life, anonymised examples
of reported crimes and provides simple but effective advice on how the people can
protect themselves from these types of frauds: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/a-guide-for-consumers-staying-safe-when-you-bank-or-shop-online</p>
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