A TOTAL of 140 cases of holiday fraud were made to Sussex Police last year.

It has been revealed that 6,640 reports of holiday fraud were made to Action Fraud last year with holiday makers losing a combined total of £12.3 million.

Of these, 140 cases were reported to Sussex Police, with people losing a combined total of £193,308.00 to holiday fraud, or on average £1,380.77 per person.