Three-quarters of advance fee scams perpetrated overseas, Labour says
by Nina Lloyd
Dec 28, 2023
2 minutes
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Three-quarters of advance fee scams targeting people in Britain are committed overseas, Labour has said.
Some 76.6% of offences reported in 2021 originated from outside the UK, according to party analysis of National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB) data which it obtained through freedom of information requests.
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