According to the Central e-Crime Unit of Metropolitan Police of UK or the 'PCeU,' officials arrested 6 individuals in connection with an Internet phishing scam valuing 1m pounds wherein they stole funds out of numerous students' hijacked bank accounts, reported guardian.co.uk dated December 9, 2011.
Specifically, the PCeU stated that an online crime-network aimed attack on students applying for government loans via getting them to disclose the details of personal bank accounts that the suspects subsequently utilized for withdrawing sums amounting 1,000-5,000 pounds, on every occasion.
The phishing e-mail reaching the victims directed them for making the details about the student bank accounts they held, up-to-date, after clicking a web-link that led onto a phishing site.
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