National Trading Standards eCrime Team

The National Trading Standards eCrime Team monitors and investigates a number of online consumer and business frauds including website dating scams, misleading websites, subscription traps, online shopping frauds and the supply of illicit tobacco on-line.

The team provides advice and forensic support to all local authority areas in England and Wales to help tackle the increasing threats to businesses and consumers from internet scams and rip-offs. They also undertake intelligence-led investigations and help develop consumer advice to stay safe when using online services.

Visit the National Trading Standard eCrime Team website for further information.

As well as providing advice for consumers on how to spot and avoid copycat websites, the team has worked closely with the Competition and Markets Authority on their compliance advice to help improve online trader recommendation platforms

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See our press release on how to wise up to the web and avoid being conned by copycat web sites.

See compliance advice for trader recommendation platforms here

Examples of recent activity undertaken by our eCrime Team can be found on the News section