Number of online shopping frauds in the UK from January 2019 - June 2020

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Stephanie Chevalier,
Sep 1, 2022
In the first half of 2020, there were 62,868 consumer frauds reported in the United Kingdom (UK), of which around 41 thousand were related to online shopping and auction fraud. According to research released in October 2021, online shopping and auction frauds increased by 37 percent between the first half of 2019 and first half of 2020.

Number of online shopping and auction frauds in the United Kingdom (UK) from the first half 2019 to the first half 2020

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Release date

2020

Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

January 1, 2019 to June 30, 2020

Age group

18 years and older

Supplementary notes

Source states the data was obtained via a FOI request to Action Fraud on August 18, 2020 and through the Action Fraud dashboard.

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