BBC NEWS--Fake websites shut down by police,at 16:09 GMT, Thursday, 3 December 2009
By Shari Vahl
BBC Radio 4's You and Yours
More
than 1,200 websites that claim to sell cut-price designer goods have
been shut down in the biggest police operation of its kind in the UK.
The
1,219 sites, which advertise brands including Ugg boots, Tiffany
jewellery and Links of London, were removed by the Metropolitan Police.
Customers who buy from the sites either receive nothing, counterfeit goods, or have their ...