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March 3rd 2016 Multiple rapist Jason Lawrance has been sentenced to life in jail after being found guilty of raping five women who he had met on dating site Match.com. For information and advice about safe online dating, click here For the...
3 March 2016
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February 11th 2016 Online dating fraud in the UK cost victims a heart-breaking £27 million last year, according to the latest stats from Get Safe Online and the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB)*. Over 2,700 online dating...
10 February 2016
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February 7th 2016 There has been a six-fold increase in reports of online-dating related rape offences over a five-year period, according to the National Crime Agency (NCA). For advice on how to keep online dating safe, click here The...
5 February 2016
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February 5th 2016 With only four days to go until Safer Internet Day we’re encouraging, teachers, parents, young people and organisations to start thinking about what they will do this Safer Internet Day to help make the internet a better...
5 February 2016
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January 18th 2016 Today sees the launch of a major new awareness campaign highlighting the dangers of ‘social engineering’ – deception used to manipulate people into a position where they can be defrauded. For information and...
18 January 2016
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