'Ruthless' fraudsters scam football fans out of £2.5m

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An estimated 12,000 supporters have fallen victim of ticket scams in the past two years

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Football fans are being urged to beware "ruthless" fraudsters when buying match tickets online after a study showed an estimated £2.5m had been lost to scammers in the past two years.

Lloyds Bank estimate at least 12,000 supporters have fallen victim to ticket fraud across the past two campaigns, with their own customers losing around £500,000.

When extrapolated nationwide, it's estimated that more than £2.5m has been lost to ticket scammers.

The 'Stop! Think Fraud' campaign , external has been established to raise awareness of online purchase scams, which tend to offer match tickets for s

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