Government failing to protect us from scams

Rights, Scams and Politics

Robert Powell
Updated on 14 November 2011 | 5 Comments

Consumer protection is failing to keep up with wide scale online scams, as Robert Powell reports...

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Rudolph Hucker
14 November 2011
And thanks to Tony Blair and his ugly wife we now have "Lawyers are us" and I get endless calls encouraging me to make claims......
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nickthecrip2
14 November 2011
No sh*t Sherlock! Not a surprise, now is it? Should anyone be surprised though-I have a bridge in London for sale-going cheap!!
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culluding-fool
14 November 2011
Protect us? Don't make me laugh! All the government are interested in is control and how much cash they can squeeze out of us.
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