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![Police arrest gang behind Britain’s most prolific scam site Group defrauded 70,000 people in the UK out of tens of millions of pounds through phishing website Lab Host Charles Hymas, HOME AFFAIRS EDITOR18 April 2024 • 6:00am  Police have arrested a gang of fraudsters including university students behind Britain’s biggest phishing website, which scammed 70,000 victims in the UK out of tens of millions of pounds. Scotland Yard this week raided the homes of the gang leader and his four key lieutenants, who provided a one-stop shop for 2,000 fellow criminals to buy and set up fraudulent websites for as little as £200 to £300 a month. The bespoke phishing websites used the profiles of 170 well-known brands, banks and public services. They enabled the criminals to scam victims into handing over their personal data such as email addresses, passwords and financial details. Advertisement In a two-year operation with 17 other law enforcement agencies worldwide, the Metropolitan Police infiltrated the website, known as Lab Host, to identify the gang bosses and the 2,000 criminal “customers” who bought the fraudulent websites. Police estimate Lab Host was used to create 40,000 fraudulent phishing sites and harvested over one million data logs worldwide. This included 70,000 victims in the UK alone. Worldwide, police believe the criminals obtained 480,000 card numbers, 64,000 PIN numbers and one million passwords for online services.  Laptops, mobile phones and other devices are seized by police CREDIT: Metropolitan Police/PA Police arrested 37 suspects in the UK and searched 70 properties worldwide as they shut down the site. A significant number of the 2,000 UK criminal users were said by police to be university students or young people who were “likely to go on to perfectly legitimate careers”. One investigator said: “They see this as easy to do and anonymous. They don’t have that physical interaction with [a victim]. They are entering into this not fully understanding t](/video/cover/7359091420960918817.webp)