Fraud: India
Lords · Question HL1754 · Tabled 18 Oct 2024 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 31 Oct 2024
Question
Asked by Lord Birt
To ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made in their discussions with the government of India about the large-scale online organisations identified by the BBC's Scam Interceptors programme, which seek to defraud UK internet users and whic
Answer
Answered by Lord Hanson of Flint, 31 Oct 2024
We applaud the BBC’s Scam Interceptors programme for the work they have done both to warn viewers in the UK about the risk of online and telephone scams, and to highlight the practices of organised fraud gangs, operating out of India and elsewhere.The fr...