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Last 24 Hours Hot TopicsClick on a phrase (or tag) to review other recent messages that contain that tag. Larger tags have been used more frequently in messages. Use the radio buttons below to change the date range. Archive of alert messagesContaining the tag : "fraudster" (56 results)Alerts sent Tuesday 18 February 2020Alert title Gloucestershire Constabulary 22:47 : Courier Fraud **Please be aware of fraudsters targeting elderly and vulnerable victims are ope... Sent by : Jo Upton (Police, PCSO, Stroud) Gloucestershire Constabulary 21:45 : Courier Fraud Alert **Please be aware of fraudsters targeting elderly and vulnerable victims are ope... Sent by : Natalie Johnson (Police, PC, Stroud NPT) Gloucestershire Constabulary 20:52 : Courier Fraud Alert **Please be aware of fraudsters targeting elderly and vulnerable victims are ope... Sent by : Natalie Johnson (Police, PC, Stroud NPT) Cheshire Constabulary 11:22 : Amazon Prime Scam Calls Having received a number of calls last week, it is apparent that the Amazon Prim... Sent by : Wendy Leason (Police, Community Support Officer, Saughall) Alerts sent Friday 14 February 2020Alert title Derbyshire Constabulary 08:45 : Romance fraud With the love of Valentine’s Day at the forefront of people’s minds ... Sent by : Carole Woodall (Police, Communications Administrator, Derbyshire) Alerts sent Wednesday 12 February 2020Alert title Northamptonshire Police 14:13 : Scam Warning - Amazon Prime Please see information below from Action Fraud UK about the recent Amazon P... Sent by : Kelly Noble (Police, Social Media Engagement Officer, Corporate Communications, Countywide) Hampshire Constabulary 09:13 : AMAZON SCAM ALERT The scam, which we first reported on in October 2019, involves victims receiving... Sent by : James Adnitt (Police, Cyber Protect Officer, Hampshire ) Alerts sent Thursday 30 January 2020Alert title Gloucestershire Constabulary 11:45 : Courier Fraud - Stroud Area Good morning,We are aware that a number of people in the Stroud area have receiv... Sent by : Victoria Brinton (Police, Cyber Protect Officer, Gloucestershire) Alerts sent Friday 24 January 2020Alert title Gloucestershire Constabulary 08:55 : Courier Fraud - Be Aware Fraudsters are contacting Gloucestershire residents pretending to be either pol... Sent by : Jo Upton (Police, PCSO, Stroud) Alerts sent Tuesday 21 January 2020Alert title Cheshire Constabulary 13:34 : Courier Fraud Awareness
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Courier fraud occurs when a fraudster contacts victims by teleph... Sent by : Chris Hodgson (Police, Community Support Officer, Warrington) Alerts sent Friday 17 January 2020Alert title South Yorkshire Police 20:48 : Crime Prevention The force's fraud team is this week supporting a national drive to tackle courie... Sent by : Jane Hamill (Police,PCSO,Doncaster East) Alerts sent Wednesday 15 January 2020Alert title Cambridgeshire Constabulary 17:18 : Warning regarding courier fraud Dear subscriber,
We are urging members of the public to be aware of instances... Sent by : Lauren Alexander (Police, Senior Communications Officer, Cambridgeshire Constabulary) South Yorkshire Police 11:09 : Take Five to Stop Fraud Take Five to Stop Fraud is a national fraud awareness campaign launched to help ... Sent by : Alison Cundy (Police, PCSO, Sheffield Central NHP) Alerts sent Monday 13 January 2020Alert title Northamptonshire Police 12:50 : What is courier fraud ? What’s courier fraud?Criminals typically carry out courier fraud by cold calling... Sent by : Craig Blacha (Police, Police Community Support Officer, Wellingborough) Wiltshire Police Figures from the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau show courier fraud is on the... Sent by : Philip Mackie (Police, Communications Officer, Wiltshire) Alerts sent Friday 10 January 2020Alert title Devon and Cornwall Police 13:02 : Courier Fraud Please can you pass this message on to family, friends and social groups?
Wha... Sent by : Shirley Craft (Police, Community Messaging Officer, Devon & Cornwall) Devon and Cornwall Police 09:52 : Courier Fraud Please can you pass this message on to family, friends and social groups?
Wha... Sent by : Shirley Craft (Police, Community Messaging Officer, Devon & Cornwall) Devon and Cornwall Police 10:02 : Courier Fraud Please can you pass this message on to family, friends and social groups?
... Sent by : Shirley Craft (Police, Community Messaging Officer, Devon & Cornwall) Devon and Cornwall Police 11:02 : Courier Fraud Please can you pass this message on to family, friends and social groups?
... Sent by : Shirley Craft (Police, Community Messaging Officer, Devon & Cornwall) Alerts sent Thursday 09 January 2020Alert title West Mids Police 14:33 : Courier Fraud Fraudsters want your PIN and bank card - don't let them scare you into giving th... Sent by : Steven Poston (Police,PCSO,Walsall. Bloxwich.) Dorset Alert 11:15 : Tip of the Month - January 2020 Firstly, I would like to wish you a happy and safe New Year.
Our Tip of the M... Sent by : Elaine Ryan (Police, Prevention Development Officer, Dorset) Alerts sent Thursday 02 January 2020Alert title Cheshire Constabulary 09:51 : SCAM ALERT SCAM ALERT !
We have been made aware that some residents in Cheshire have... Sent by : Nichola Devey (Police, PCSO, Northwich) Alerts sent Thursday 19 December 2019Alert title Thames Valley Police 13:44 : Courier Fraud in Oxford Courier Fraud is becoming more sophisticated and we have recently received multi... Sent by : Michelle Beahan (Police, NHW & Community Messaging Co-ordinator, Oxford LPA) Lancashire Constabulary Hello Sir or madam In the last two days we have received three reports of Courie... Sent by : Sophie Elliott (Police, Digital Communications Officer, LANCS - All) Alerts sent Thursday 05 December 2019Alert title Wiltshire Police We are urging people to be vigilant after a Wiltshire couple were defrauded by s... Sent by : Siobhan Stayt (Police, Media Officer, Wiltshire) Alerts sent Wednesday 04 December 2019Alert title West Mids Police 09:58 : Card collect is a con Dear Sir or madam,
Fraudsters want your PIN number and bank card - don&#... Sent by : Darren Rowley (Police, PCSO, Blackheath) Alerts sent Tuesday 03 December 2019Alert title West Mids Police 15:51 : Courier Fraud There have been a degree of Courier Fraud scams in the area with the elderly bei... Sent by : Corinne Devey (Police, PCSO, Birmingham East, Hall Green) Alerts sent Friday 29 November 2019Alert title West Mids Police 15:08 : Courier Fruad Dear Sir or madam
Fraudsters want your PIN and bank card - don'... Sent by : Tracy Baker (Police, PCSO, Kingstanding) Alerts sent Thursday 28 November 2019Alert title Leicestershire Police With Black Friday and Cyber Monday upon us, we wanted to share the below informa... Sent by : Sam Hancock (Police, Cyber Protect Officer, Leicestershire) Alerts sent Monday 25 November 2019Alert title Wiltshire Police We are urging residents to be vigilant after a spate of scams where people have ... Sent by : Siobhan Stayt (Police, Media Officer, Wiltshire) Wiltshire Police We are urging residents to be vigilant after a spate of scams where people have ... Sent by : Siobhan Stayt (Police, Media Officer, Wiltshire) Wiltshire Police We are urging residents to be vigilant after a spate of scams where people have ... Sent by : Siobhan Stayt (Police, Media Officer, Wiltshire) Alerts sent Saturday 23 November 2019Alert title Northamptonshire Police 11:43 : What is Courier Fraud ? What’s courier fraud?Criminals typically carry out courier fraud by cold calli... Sent by : Craig Blacha (Police, Police Community Support Officer, Wellingborough) Alerts sent Monday 18 November 2019Alert title Bedfordshire Police 16:19 : Spotting impersonation fraud Our force is supporting International Fraud Awareness Week, and we would like to... Sent by : Gosia Grabczak (Beds Police, Administrator, Bedfordshire) Alerts sent Monday 11 November 2019Alert title Northamptonshire Police 19:14 : Courier Fraud Incidents Northamptonshire Police issue warning after five courier fraud incidents
... Sent by : Les Conopo (Police, Community Support Officer, Daventry & South Northants) Alerts sent Saturday 09 November 2019Alert title Northamptonshire Police 13:23 : Paddington Police Phone Fraud **FRAUD ALERT - Phone Fraud **There have been a number of incidents reported ove... Sent by : Craig Blacha (Police, Police Community Support Officer, Wellingborough) Northamptonshire Police 11:50 : Phone Fraud - Paddington Police **FRAUD ALERT - Phone Fraud **
There have been a number of incidents reported... Sent by : Nadia Norman (Police, PCSO, East Northants) Alerts sent Thursday 07 November 2019Alert title Devon and Cornwall Police 09:32 : Courier Fraud Action Fraud warns public of courier fraud after £10.5 million reported lo... Sent by : Shirley Craft (Police, Community Messaging Officer, Devon & Cornwall) Devon and Cornwall Police 16:33 : Courier Fraud Action Fraud warns public of courier fraud after £10.5 million reported lo... Sent by : Shirley Craft (Police, Community Messaging Officer, Devon & Cornwall) Devon and Cornwall Police 15:03 : Courier Fraud Action Fraud warns public of courier fraud after £10.5 million reported lo... Sent by : Shirley Craft (Police, Community Messaging Officer, Devon & Cornwall) Devon and Cornwall Police 13:33 : Courier Fraud
Action Fraud warns public of courier fraud after £10.5 million rep... Sent by : Shirley Craft (Police, Community Messaging Officer, Devon & Cornwall) Devon and Cornwall Police 11:03 : Courier Fraud Action Fraud warns public of courier fraud after £10.5 million reported lo... Sent by : Shirley Craft (Police, Community Messaging Officer, Devon & Cornwall) Alerts sent Wednesday 06 November 2019Alert title South Yorkshire Police 13:04 : Amazon Scam Criminals are targeting members of the public with automated calls stating that ... Sent by : Jane Hamill (Police,PCSO,Doncaster East) Alerts sent Tuesday 05 November 2019Alert title West Yorkshire Police 13:11 : Courier Fraud Courier Fraud
This week marks the beginning of Cyber Protect's newest ca... Sent by : Gemma Colley (Police, Digital Dev, Headquarters) Alerts sent Thursday 31 October 2019Alert title Gloucestershire Constabulary Fraudsters are "cloning" phone numbers used by the taxman and calling peopl... Sent by : Nicholas Westmacott (Police, PC, Cirencester) Alerts sent Wednesday 16 October 2019Alert title Neighbourhood Watch I have been passed this information via a colleague concerning an incident of a ... Sent by : Val McPherson BEM (NHWN, Multi Scheme Administrator, Thames Valley) Alerts sent Wednesday 02 October 2019Alert title Sussex Police 02/10/2019
Each month we see many incidents of fraudsters targeting our r... Sent by : Lee Melbourne (Police, Prevention Support & Engagement Officer, Sussex) Alerts sent Friday 27 September 2019Alert title Northamptonshire Police 13:39 : Telephone Fraud (Sent on behalf of Surrey Constabulary)
Fraudsters posing as police officers ... Sent by : Craig Blacha (Police, Police Community Support Officer, Wellingborough) Surrey Police 13:05 : Local Fraud Alert Sir or madam,
Fraudsters posing as police officers are targeting older ... Sent by : Lindsay Abbassi (Surrey Police, Lead Communications Officer, Corporate Comms) Alerts sent Tuesday 17 September 2019Alert title Neighbourhood Watch 14:37 : Bogus Census Group warning Hello
Neighbourhood Watch has been warned that some fraudsters are operating ... Sent by : David Alder (NHWN, Multi Scheme Administrator, Thames Valley) Alerts sent Thursday 05 September 2019Alert title West Mids Police 09:47 : Computer Service Software Fraud Got a call out of the blue offering to provide technical support for free r... Sent by : Sean Long (Police, Digital PCSO, West Midlands) Alerts sent Wednesday 28 August 2019Alert title Northamptonshire Police 22:25 : Mobile phone courier scam
Subject : NEW MOBILE PHONE COURIER SCAM
Trading Standards have recently ... Sent by : Craig Blacha (Police, Police Community Support Officer, Wellingborough) Neighbourhood Watch Scotland 20:33 : NEW MOBILE PHONE COURIER SCAM Trading Standards have recently circulated information on the following phone sc... Sent by : Varrie McDevitt (NHWN, Admin Assistant, NW Scotland) Alerts sent Wednesday 14 August 2019Alert title Gloucestershire Constabulary We're asking the public to please be vigilant following a number of fraudulent p... Sent by : The Appeals Team (Police, External Communications Officer, ) Thames Valley Police 10:32 : Dating and romance scams Most UK dating websites and chatrooms are legitimate, but fraudsters have been k... Sent by : Emma Tarry (Police, Communications Officer, Thames Valley) Alerts sent Sunday 11 August 2019Alert title West Mids Police Dear Sir or madam
Fraudsters Targeting Social Media Influencers
Be Aware
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