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UK Telemarketing Scams Widespread

Published on January 06, 2006 | Email this article

Twenty-eight million British consumers may have been the targets of various scams including fraudulent telemarketing, direct mail and e-mail offers, with about 5 million responding to the offers, DMNews reports.

Extrapolating from the sample’s responses, 34 percent of consumers received a fraudulent automated telephone call claiming that they won a prize, and 2 million responded. In addition, 33 percent have received direct mail scams.

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