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Hello, this is six minute English from BBC learning English. I'm Neil and I'm

Georgina. Are you good at remembering your computer passwords, Georgina?

Not really, Neil. I mostly use something easy to remember, like my mother's major name,

or the street where I was born.

Or the name of your first pet. Yes, me too. But we should be more careful about online security, Georgina, because of a worrying trend and the topic of this program. Online fraud.

Online fraud involves using the internet to trick someone into giving away their money or data.

It takes many forms from deceptive emails which trick us into paying money to the wrong bank account,

to the theft of credit card details.

It's regarded by some as a highly profitable and relatively low risk crime.

So in this program we'll be finding out why it's so easy for criminals or fraudsters to steal our money.

And of course we'll be learning some related vocabulary along the way.

But first it's time for our quiz question. In July 2020 nine British men were

arrested for defrauding the coronavirus job retention scheme, a government

fund for workers who've lost their job to COVID-19. They set up fake companies

and applied fraudulently for money. But how much money has been claimed in total through the

coronavirus job scheme in the UK.

Is it A, 17 billion pounds, B, 27 billion pounds, or C 37 billion pounds?

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