karen bradley.that's sweeping across the uk — fraudsters cheating people out of money on the phone or online. mps said that scams caused financial and psychological damage to the victim. we are in a situation where millions upon millions of individual peoples are being targeted in the safety of their own home. whether this be via a phone call, through an ad that they see on their smartphone, or by receiving a rogue e—mail, the methods these hidden fraudsters are using are becoming more and more sophisticated every day. today, i'm calling on the government to do one thing. to expose these fraudsters and get ahead of the game so that we can stamp this scam culture out once and for all. according to the charity age uk, 5 million people over the age of 65 believe they've been targeted bya scam. there's a silent crime wave sweeping across the uk that very few people are talking about. and i would urge the government... and i would argue that the government is not doing nearly enough to address this. it's