News & Updates
This section provides you with the latest initiative news and articles from the Friends Against Scams team. Please use these to increase your knowledge of scams and their effects. All Scam Marshal resources and newsletters can be found here. If there is any other information you would like to see on this page then please contact us.
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29 Jan 2025

Scams Team team up with Comms Council UK
Comms Council UK and National Trading Standards launch joint information sharing initiative to crack down on telephone f
29 Nov 2024

SCAMnesty
Send Mail (no Need For A Stamp) To:NTSST, FREEPOST, MAIL MARSHALSDue to the success of the campaign in 2020 and 2021, th
8 Aug 2024
BLOG - Louise Baxter Head of the National Trading Standards Scams Team
Five minute readIn the first of a new series of National Trading Standards Scams Team blog posts. Louise Baxter MBE Head
22 Jul 2024

Coercive Control update July 2024
Fraud is the most experienced crime in the UK. Victims can face devastating financial, emotional and psychological harm.
27 Oct 2023

#NoBlameNoShame
19 Million Lose Money To Scams But Fewer Than A Third Report#NoBlameNoShame campaign launched to encourage people to tal
22 Mar 2023
Weekly Scam Article with the Daily Express
This article is updated regularly.In March 2022, Louise Baxter (Head of the National Trading Standards Scams Team) teame
27 Sep 2022

Compensation roll-out begins following landmark investigation
UK Victims Of International Mass Marketing Scam To Be Compensated From Recovered MoniesCompensation Roll-Out Begins Foll
8 Jul 2022

Get Safe Online and Cifas launch new Check-a-Website capability
Get Safe Online And Cifas Launch New Check-A-Website CapabilityGet Safe Online has partnered with Cifas, the UK’s
27 Jun 2022
Ukraine Crisis Scams
Ukraine Crisis ScamsThe FBI has recently warned about fraudulent schemes seeking donations or other financial assistance
16 Jun 2022

One million friends
One Million Friends!With great excitement, the team is pleased to announce that Friends Against Scams has reached 1,000,
9 May 2022
Mental Health Awareness Week 2022 - Loneliness
Information sourced from Mental Health FoundationThe Mental Health Foundation started Mental Health Awareness Week 21 ye
1 May 2022
Romance Scams - Elspet's Story
Romance Scams - Elspet's StoryRomance scams are becoming increasingly common as people continue to move online to find l
8 Apr 2022

Doorstep Crime
What Is Doorstep Crime?Doorstep crime refers to rogue traders, bogus callers and distraction burglary. Whilst we do have
7 Mar 2022

British Sign Language For Friends Against Scams
A massive thanks to Bolton Deaf Society for producing the Friends Against Scams awareness session in British Sign Langua
4 Feb 2022
Friends Against Scams Impact Survey 2021
In 2021, the team conducted a survey for those who have completed the FAS training in order to assess the impact and ide
10 Jan 2022

Action Fraud: Romance Fraud Campaign 2022
Swipe left to romance fraud: Family members of online daters urged to help protect their relativesFamily members of onli
13 Dec 2021

FCA Loan Fee Fraud
"2021 has been a tough year for many. However, there are scammers out there looking to make it even tougher. Scammers ar
6 Dec 2021
Tackling Economic Crime Awards 2021 - Winners Of The Outstanding Prevention Initiative
Tackling Economic Crime Awards 2021 - Winners Of The Outstanding Prevention Initiative!The Tackling Economic Crime Award
1 Oct 2020
FASathon 2020!
Friends Against Scams (FAS) is a National Trading Standards Scams Team initiative, which aims to protect and prevent peo
21 Sep 2020
World Alzheimer’s Day: Action On Scams
Anyone can be the victim of a scam, however some people are more vulnerable to scams and criminals will use this to thei
15 Sep 2020
Phishing Scams
You wouldn’t let a thief enter your home, but what if the thief was masquerading as someone familiar, such as a po
1 Jun 2020
Friend In Focus - Mitch Williams
We discovered the Friends Against Scams campaign whilst looking for advice and information for our customers and staff a
1 May 2020
Businesses Against Scams Press Release
More than 100 organisations are spearheading a new initiative to combat fraud against businesses as more companies and e
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