Fraudster made scam websites for more than 2,000 criminals

CREATED FALSE SITES THAT REPLICATED BRANDS AND RESULTED IN £100M LOSSES FOR VICTIMS

- By TOM KERSHAW

A 23-YEAR-OLD cyber fraudster from Huddersfield - who made scam websites for more than 2,000 criminals - has been put behind bars.

Zak Coyne, 23, of Woodbine Road, ran the LabHost service creating bespoke phishing websites designed to trick victims into revealing personal data such as email addresses, passwords and bank details.

The service was set up by a criminal cyber organisation, and for a membership fee, users could log on and choose from existing sites or request bespoke pages replicating trusted brands, including banks, health-care agencies and postal services. This was used by over 2,000 criminals on victims all over the world and resulted in over £100 million in losses for victims.