Five held in website hoax clampdown

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disguised computer hacker
disguised computer hacker

%VIRTUAL-SkimlinksPromo%A clampdown on online hoaxers who con people out of money via faked copycat Government websites has led to five arrests.

People trying to order official documents such as passports and car tax discs or book driving tests are being taken in and left out of pocket by fraudsters who have mocked up sites which seem like the genuine Government version.

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