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February 23, 2007
Camelot runs the SOCA
You probably think that headline is a joke, and you'd be correct. But not in the way you were expecting. In fact there's more than one joke in that headline. Firstly, the Press Office at the Office of Fair Trading. They've launched a Scambuster campaign to raise awareness of various matrix and pyramid schemes, 419 scams and fake lottery claims.
As part of the exercise, a fake scam email was sent out, containing a link to the Scambusters campaign page on the OFT website.
The best part comes from the associated press release, under Notes...
2. The deceptive prize draw and lottery scams awareness campaign is also supported by Camelot which runs the National Lottery and the Serious Organised Crime Agency. Case studies of bogus lottery and prize draw victims are also available for media interviews.
See, that's why the Serious Organised Crime Agency is displaying such less than stellar performance. When officers get a break from doing their paperwork, they find themselves polishing "Arthur" or buffing up set of balls number 6.
So there you have it, two jokes for the price of one; the SOCA's performance and the literacy of the OFT's Press Office.
Posted by Clive on February 23, 2007 2:39 PM in the category Society