Private school parents targeted by fraudsters stealing fee payments

Some families have lost up to 10,000 after being duped into sending money to fraudsters' bank accounts

Foreign students attending independent schools in the UK are being targeted by fraudsters seeking to intercept their fee payments, according to new research.

Some families have lost up to 10,000 after being duped into sending money to the bank account of a criminal, after receiving a fake email from the school bursar.