Scams

Officials from Stratford-on-Avon District are warning residents, following reports of an email hitting inboxes claiming to be from GOV.UK, offering a Council Tax reduction.

Police in Cheshire have issued a warning following several reports of scam phone calls purporting to be from Microsoft.

The scammers, who are posing as workers from Microsoft, claim…

In just four months, the NCSC has removed over 300,000 URLs linking to investment scams with fake celebrity endorsements.

The UK Government has issued a warning after con artists hijacked an official number and are using it to try to scare people out of money.

Fourteen elderly and vulnerable victims were contacted by the fraudsters claiming to be the HMRC over the last few weeks

We have received a surge of reports where victims have received messages through Facebook Messenger from friends and family requesting to use their Pay Pal account to receive funds from the sale of items on EBay.

Only seven percent of international airlines proactively block fraudulent emails

Warwickshire residents are being warned of a scam targeting people’s inboxes.

Fraudsters are calling the public and posing as members of a bank security team. The recipient of the call is asked to verify three large – and non-existent – sums paid using their debit card in various parts of the UK. The victim is then informed that their bank is supposedly investigating fraud occurring at their local branch.

https://www.journaloftradingstandards.co.uk/crime/bank-security-scam-call-emerges/

In just four months, the NCSC has removed over 300,000 URLs linking to investment scams with fake celebrity endorsements.