Why are you directed to a separate website to fill in your information?

Friends Against Scams (FAS) is an initiative run by the National Trading Standards (NTS) Scams Team. The NTS Scams Team is hosted by Surrey County Council (SCC).

You will find that most forms linked on the FAS website that collect personal data, will take you away from the FAS website to a SCC website,  where there will be further information and the form to complete. Once you have completed the form, the information is stored securely on SCC systems and is accessible by NTS Scams Team staff. It has been set-up this way to ensure your data isn’t stored with anyone else.

The form to register as a SCAMchampion is different as it sits within the FAS website. This is because as a SCAMchampion, you create a login account to access the materials to hold your own FAS sessions. Therefore, the data is held securely with the website provider (Minted Box Ltd.) to enable you to login to your account. This data is also accessible by NTS Scams Team staff.

You can view the FAS Privacy Policy here.