The government has recently launched a campaign to crack down on the amount of online scams targeting UK residents. In order to deal with the issue, government bosses assembled a specialist team of cyber-enforcers and secured extra funding from Trading Standards.

It is estimated that 3 million people a year are affected by cyber-scams, and that these usually happen via scam emails. Losses due to this kind of cyber-crime currently stand at approximately £3.5 billion.

The government is investing £4.3 million in the training of specialist trading standards enforcers to cover every region. Once appointed and trained, the teams will focus on online ticket scams and websites taking payment for goods or services but delivering nothing in return.