Continue reading the main story Related stories Scam mail 'should be intercepted' '10% of Britons' fall for scams Scotland Yard detectives are to seize thousands of items of scam mail aimed at people in the UK. It will be the first seizure of such post by the Metropolitan Police's economic and specialist crime command. The letters are sent by professional fraudsters and encourage people to invest in schemes like fake lotteries. Police say an estimated £3.5bn is scammed from UK citizens each year and about £2.4bn of this is believed to be as a result of mail scams. The police operation - which is being run in partnership with Royal Mail and international mail service provider Spring Global...
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