FOI 229985
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: 229985
I write in connection with your request for information which was received on 16th February 2023. Please accept my apologies for the delay in responding, below is the response to your request:
The request:
How many reports of romance fraud have been reported to the force so far this year? Please also provide figures for the years 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022. By 'romance fraud', I mean the engineering of a supposed friendship or relationship for fraudulent, financial gain.
For the same period, please confirm the financial loss reported, broken down by each year
Reply
Q1)
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FOI 229985 2023 - Number of romance fraud reports recorded in West Mercia from 1/1/2018 to 31/12/2022. |
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Total number of romance fraud reports |
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2018 |
14 |
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2019 |
9 |
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2020 |
14 |
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2021 |
31 |
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2022 |
36 |
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Grand Total |
104 |
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Caveat: To ensure the Force remains compliant with GDPR and MoPI regulations, certain MoPI 3 level data is automatically deleted from Force systems after a period of 5 years. As a result the data within this FOI will only date back 5 years to reduce confusion and the misinterpretation of data as records prior to 5 years will potentially not be complete or accurate.
Q2) We do not hold this data.