Canary wharf's fraud 'victims' identified

The study’s results are based on a survey of 10,000 recent victims of fraud sorted by consumer type.

After discovering the largest group is company directors, Experian reasoned the wealthy residents of Chancellor Passage would be at risk.

However, the anonymity provided to victims means there is no proof victims of fraud being are living in the street.

A spokesman for Experian said: “There is the chance that no-one on that street has been a victim, however, the type of people who live in the postal sector of E14 are almost five times more likely than the average UK resident to be affected.

“These people are fairly wealthy and represent a significant target.”

The report says: “Victims are at the pinnacle of their careers, either at director level or running their own businesses.”

The street is thought to be the second most at risk in the UK, behind College Gardens in Tooting, south London.

The most common type of fraud is forwarding address fraud, where someone redirects the victims post to a drop address.

Of the frauds Experian was told of since 2003, only 11 per cent had been reported to the police and of that, only 6 per cent have so far resulted in convictions.