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A UK-founded website used to defraud victims on an industrial scale has been infiltrated - leading to scores of arrests around the world, the Metropolitan Police said.
As many as 70,000 UK victims were tricked by the site’s scams, which obtained 480,000 card numbers and 64,000 PINs globally.
Law enforcement agencies have arrested 37 suspects across the UK and around the world, including at Manchester and Luton airports, as well as in Essex and London.
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