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by nodata 5452 days ago
This has to be fake.
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Going to the department website they have a link to the Twitter account being used here

http://www.birminghamwestandcentralpolice.org.uk/

Two red flags:

* The British Police have their own .police.uk domain space.

* The ip address is used for shared webhosting and is owned by uk2.net

whois does say "West Midlands Police", but this could be forged.

Either way it's extremely unprofessional and will be shut down by a lawyer soon :)

Same site with the .police.uk and linking to the same twitter account.

http://www.west-midlands.police.uk/np/birminghamwestandcentr...

The police in the UK are not known for their professionalism.
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