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Public Wi-Fi is something that most of us in the UK are reliant on and there is now thought to be 269,000 Wi-Fi hotspots in the UK compared with the 202,944 that were available in 2014. However there is a lack of awareness about cyber hacking and how cyber criminals use public Wi-Fi as a means to steal personal and financial details from individuals and businesses via pubic networks. 

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Action Fraud with its partners in law enforcement has identified some of the most common myths and their alternate reality to help people protect themselves from fraudsters. 

The following myths and crime prevention advice will help people to identify fraud fact from fraud fiction. 

There are plenty of other myths out there and Action Fraud wants to help people to discover the reality about fraud and cyber crime before it is too late.

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• Myth 1: Dating fraud
• Myth 2: Spoofing
• Myth 3: Pin Safety
• Myth 4: Money mules
• Myth 5: Public Wi-fi
• Myth 6: Intellectual Property Fraud
• Myth 7: Insurance fraud
• Myth 8: Money Transfer Systems
• Myth 9: Passwords
• Myth 10: Social engineering
• Myth 11: Legitimate websites
• Myth 12: Anti-virus software
• Myth 13: Charity fraud