Record revealed
Hoax letter signed by ‘Jack the Ripper’
This is one of hundreds of letters in police files claiming to have been written by the infamous Whitechapel Murderer – otherwise known as 'Jack the Ripper'.
Series
Serious Fraud Office Website
Catalogue reference: LO 6
What's it about?
LO 6
This series contains dated gathered versions (or 'snapshots') of the Serious Fraud Office website. [Please note: These records may be accessed via the UK Government Web Archive using the links listed below (for a general explanation of these...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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LO 6
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Title (The name of the record)
- Serious Fraud Office Website
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Date (When the record was created)
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From 1999
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains dated gathered versions (or 'snapshots') of the Serious Fraud Office website.
[Please note: These records may be accessed via the UK Government Web Archive using the links listed below (for a general explanation of these parallel links, please see the Arrangement field)]:
Serious Fraud Office (http://www.sfo.gov.uk/).
Serious Fraud Office (https://www.sfo.gov.uk/).
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Please see information at Divisionallevel.
This series contains more than one link to the ‘snapshots’ of this website. For some websites, the URL may change periodically. Despite this change to the URL these websites are part of the same record series as they represent the department or organisation’s presence on the web at the time. Occasionally, more than one domain URL to the same website may run in parallel creating an overlap.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Attorney General, 1461-1461
- Serious Fraud Office, 1988-1988
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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archived website(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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Gathered from original website.
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Official publications
- Crime
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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Future website versions may be anticipated.
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) was established in April 1988 as a new independent organisation responsible for the detection, investigation and prosecution of serious fraud cases. The Office and its powers were created under the Criminal Justice Act 1987. The Director of the SFO is appointed by and accountable to the Attorney General.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C18071/
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Serious Fraud Office Website
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