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Santander has issued a warning to customers over a mistake they could "regret". The Santander UK Quarterly Scamtracker highlights scammers’ latest top regions to target - as £16.7 million is stolen by cruel fradusters.

Surrey, Essex, Kent, Somerset, and West Sussex were this quarter’s top five regions by value of scams, with more than £2.85 million stolen by fraudsters.

Outside of London, the region topping the chart this quarter was Surrey with more than £1 million stolen from customers – the first time the region has appeared on the list since the Scamtracker began.

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Greater London continued to record the highest number of scams with 1,000 Santander customers reporting a scam betwee

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