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Complete the Friends Against Scams training which aims to raise awareness of this type of fraud to help protect yourself and others against scams.

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Complete the Friends Against Scams training which aims to raise awareness of this type of fraud to help protect yourself and others against scams.
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If you would like to become a Friend Against Scams, you can complete the online awareness session. Otherwise, come and join one of our face to face awareness sessions.

 
Beware of COVID-19 scams

Unscrupulous criminals are exploiting fears about COVID-19 to prey on members of the public, particularly older and vuln...

First Published: 01 Mar 2020

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LGA joins national campaign to prevent scams

      4th November 2019 The Local Government Association (LGA) is the latest flagship organisat...

First Published: 01 Nov 2019

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Scams Awareness Video by NatWest

A short awareness video created by NatWest with Friends Against Scams

First Published: 01 Aug 2019

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Young Friends Against Scams awareness session

The Friends Against Scams team are thrilled to launch our Young Friends Against Scams awareness session! Young Friends ...

First Published: 01 Aug 2019

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Case study from Supporting Justice

David Kenyon, Head of development for Supporting Justice talks about joining Friends Against Scams including a case study.

First Published: 01 May 2019

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The novice’s guide to acronyms in data security

Tabby Farrar from Further.co.uk explains some of the jargon surrounding internet use.

First Published: 01 Apr 2019

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The rising need to promote cybersecurity awareness on a national level

By Guest Writer Nat Campbell, a copywriter in the financial services industry Why we need to stay on top of online scam...

First Published: 01 Jun 2018

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Useful information regarding Lasting Power of Attorney

Useful links regarding Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA):   • Who needs an LPA? • The government's LPA...

First Published: 01 Oct 2017

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Government Counter Fraud Awards

Excellence in Fraud Awareness – National Trading Standards (NTS) Scams Team

First Published: 01 Jul 2017

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Complete the Friends Against Scams training which aims to raise awareness of this type of fraud to help protect yourself and others against scams.

Become a Friend 

Complete the Friends Against Scams training which aims to raise awareness of this type of fraud to help protect yourself and others against scams.

A SCAMchampion is someone who has access to the Friends Against Scams resources in order to hold their own awareness sessions within their community or work place.

Become a SCAMchampion 

A SCAMchampion is someone who has access to the Friends Against Scams resources in order to hold their own awareness sessions within their community or work place.

Sign up your company, charity or community group and make a pledge to help take a stand against scams.

Give organisational support 

Sign up your company, charity or community group and make a pledge to help take a stand against scams.

Do you want to help fight back against scams? Scam Marshals share their own experiences and send any scam mail that they receive to the team for investigations.

Become a Scam Marshal 

Do you want to help fight back against scams? Scam Marshals share their own experiences and send any scam mail that they receive to the team for investigations.