Scams

Police are asking residents to be vigilant following reports of scam emails relating to NHS Covid Passports.

https://www.punchline-gloucester.com/articles/aanews/warning-as-nhs-covid-passport-scammers-target-gloucestershire-residents

UK phone companies have signed up to an agreement to block any foreign calls that display a British phone number.

https://www.moneyexpert.com/news/phone-companies-to-block-foreign-scam-calls/

Almost 45 million people in the UK were targeted by scam text messages or phone calls over the summer, according to telecoms regulator Ofcom.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-58982233

Major phone networks have agreed to automatically block almost all internet calls coming from abroad if they pretend to be from UK numbers, Ofcom has confirmed.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-59032795?mc_cid=58feeac3de&mc_eid=72e89a1d85

The cost to scam victims' wellbeing can be calculated at a monetary total of £9.3bn a year, according to the consumer group Which?.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-58926333?mc_cid=fc99d8d61b&mc_eid=72e89a1d85

Residents in the Stratford district are receiving fraudulent letters claiming they are entitled to lottery winnings of hundreds of thousands of pounds.

https://www.stratford-herald.com/news/scam-lottery-letters-sent-to-residents-9220170/

The internet is awash with fake websites and adverts while our mobile phones are used by con artists - and the pandemic has given crooks a new way of emptying victims' bank account

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/top-10-tricks-scammers-use-25177947?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar

Nationwide Building Society is today announcing further support to help protect members from falling victim to Authorised Push Payment (APP) scams.

https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/89477/nationwide-launches-app-fraud-scam-checker-service

NHS COVID Pass fraud and bogus Amazon callers are just some of the scams happening in Warwickshire right now.

https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/in-your-area/nhs-covid-pass-fraud-bogus-21706603

INDUKUMAR PATEL, 87, from Barnet, north London, who lost £130,000 to scammers, was one of the recent victims of online fraud as reports say that there is an increase in the trend.

https://www.easterneye.biz/i-think-it-destroyed-him-says-daughter-of-online-fraud-victim-as-mps-launch-attack-on-tech-giants/