Gumtree: There’s no ‘quick fix’ to tackling online marketplace fraud

22nd January 2019Tina Orr Munro - Contributing Editor, Policing Insight

The cost of scamming in online market places is estimated to be almost £1.7 billion with victims losing £65, on average, although that figure rises to over £90 for older victims. Policing Insight speaks to the UK Head of Marketing and Customer Services for Gumtree – Britain’s market leading online classified ads platform – about the effort that online marketplaces can make to protect their users and how the police can help.

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