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We are the UK's national fraud & cyber reporting centre where you can report, get advice and information. Our advisors reply Mon-Fri 9-6pm with their initials

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Ever received a suspicious email? 🚨 ℹ️ As of April 2025, over 41 million suspicious emails have been reported to the Suspicious Email Reporting Service, resulting in the removal of 393,395 scam websites. Find out more: actionfraud.police.uk/reportthephish #ReportThePhish

Ever received a suspicious email? 🚨

ℹ️ As of April 2025, over 41 million suspicious emails have been reported to the Suspicious Email Reporting Service, resulting in the removal of 393,395 scam websites.

Find out more: actionfraud.police.uk/reportthephish

#ReportThePhish
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Unsure about a holiday deal? Remember to always: ✅ do your research and ✅ check if the travel company is a ABTOT UK 💙 or ABTA member or ATOL holder. Follow our advice for a fraud-free holiday actionfraud.police.uk/holidayfraud #StopHolidayFraud

Unsure about a holiday deal? Remember to always:
✅ do your research and
✅ check if the travel company is a <a href="/ABTOT_UK/">ABTOT UK 💙</a> or <a href="/ABTAtravel/">ABTA</a> member or <a href="/ATOLprotected/">ATOL</a> holder.

Follow our advice for a fraud-free holiday actionfraud.police.uk/holidayfraud

#StopHolidayFraud
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🚨Criminals will try to lure you in with adverts or via social media offering easy money quickly. ⚠️Stop and think. It could protect you and your money. 🔗Read more ➡️ actionfraud.police.uk/investmentfraud

🚨Criminals will try to lure you in with adverts or via social media offering easy money quickly.

⚠️Stop and think. It could protect you and your money.

🔗Read more ➡️ actionfraud.police.uk/investmentfraud
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💻Some of the most common scams reported to Action Fraud involve fraudsters connecting remotely to a victim's computer. ⚠️Protect yourself and never allow remote access to your computer following an unsolicited call, text message or browser pop-up. Find out more

💻Some of the most common scams reported to Action Fraud involve fraudsters connecting remotely to a victim's computer.

⚠️Protect yourself and never allow remote access to your computer following an unsolicited call, text message or browser pop-up.

Find out more
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⚠️Your bank or the police will never call you to ask you to verify your personal and bank details or ask you to send them large amounts of cash or expensive gifts via post for safekeeping. 🔎Find out more about to protect yourself: actionfraud.police.uk/courierfraud #CourierFraud

⚠️Your bank or the police will never call you to ask you to verify your personal and bank details or ask you to send them large amounts of cash or expensive gifts via post for safekeeping.

🔎Find out more about to protect yourself: actionfraud.police.uk/courierfraud

#CourierFraud
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🚨Watch out for fake job recruitment messages and social media ads🚨 ⚠️If you receive a job offer, always carry out thorough research to ensure the employer is legitimate and never pay advance fees. 🔎Spot the signs of recruitment fraud: actionfraud.police.uk/a-z-of-fraud/r…

🚨Watch out for fake job recruitment messages and social media ads🚨

⚠️If you receive a job offer, always carry out thorough research to ensure the employer is legitimate and never pay advance fees.

🔎Spot the signs of recruitment fraud: actionfraud.police.uk/a-z-of-fraud/r…
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⚠️Beware of Recovery Fraud. 💸If you’ve been the victim of fraud, you could be targeted again by criminals claiming they can help you get your money back. 🔗Learn how to protect yourself here: actionfraud.police.uk/a-z-of-fraud/f…

⚠️Beware of Recovery Fraud.

💸If you’ve been the victim of fraud, you could be targeted again by criminals claiming they can help you get your money back.

🔗Learn how to protect yourself here: actionfraud.police.uk/a-z-of-fraud/f…
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🚨Have you, or someone you know, been a victim of fraud? You can report and get advice about fraud or cyber crime on our website Action Fraud or by calling 0300 123 2040. 🔗Visit Action Fraud for information on how to protect yourself against fraud. actionfraud.police.uk

🚨Have you, or someone you know, been a victim of fraud? You can report and get advice about fraud or cyber crime on our website Action Fraud or by calling 0300 123 2040.

🔗Visit Action Fraud for information on how to protect yourself against fraud. actionfraud.police.uk
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Help protect your friends and family who are online dating by raising awareness of the signs of romance fraud. It could help protect them and their money. Find out more: actionfraud.police.uk/romancefraud #RomanceFraud

Help protect your friends and family who are online dating by raising awareness of the signs of romance fraud. It could help protect them and their money.

Find out more: actionfraud.police.uk/romancefraud

#RomanceFraud
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📩Have you received a letter or invoice for a service you don’t recognise? This can be the first sign of identity fraud. ➡️Follow this checklist to help victims and organisations repair their identity and prevent re-victimisation. 🔗Find out more 👇data.actionfraud.police.uk/cms/wp-content…

📩Have you received a letter or invoice for a service you don’t recognise? This can be the first sign of identity fraud.

➡️Follow this checklist to help victims and organisations repair their identity and prevent re-victimisation.

🔗Find out more 👇data.actionfraud.police.uk/cms/wp-content…
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Beware: If you get a text about "Winter Fuel Payment" it is a scam Winter Fuel Payments are made automatically, you do not need to do anything Report suspicious texts at stopthinkfraud.campaign.gov.uk

Beware:

If you get a text about "Winter Fuel Payment" it is a scam
 
Winter Fuel Payments are made automatically, you do not need to do anything

Report suspicious texts at stopthinkfraud.campaign.gov.uk
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🚨 ‘Cloned company’ scams can affect both new and experienced investors. 🚨 ⚠️Fraudsters are impersonating the websites of real firms offering investments in stocks, cryptocurrency and ISA’s. 🔎Learn to spot the signs, don’t hand your savings to a scammer👇

🚨 ‘Cloned company’ scams can affect both new and experienced investors. 🚨

⚠️Fraudsters are impersonating the websites of real firms offering investments in stocks, cryptocurrency and ISA’s.

🔎Learn to spot the signs, don’t hand your savings to a scammer👇
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🚨Do you use the same passwords across all your accounts? ⚠️Don’t make life easy for hackers. Reusing the same password means criminals only need to steal one of your passwords to get into your accounts. ✅Use 3 random words. ✅Enable 2-step verification. ✅Follow NCSC UK for

🚨Do you use the same passwords across all your accounts?

⚠️Don’t make life easy for hackers. Reusing the same password means criminals only need to steal one of your passwords to get into your accounts. 

✅Use 3 random words.
✅Enable 2-step verification.
✅Follow <a href="/NCSC/">NCSC UK</a> for
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⚠️Festival & concert goers: Beware of bank transfer requests, never pay directly into a private individual's bank account. Whenever possible, pay by credit card if you have one. Most major credit card providers protect online purchases. 🔗Find out more 👇actionfraud.police.uk/ticketfraud

⚠️Festival &amp; concert goers: Beware of bank transfer requests, never pay directly into a private individual's bank account. Whenever possible, pay by credit card if you have one. Most major credit card providers protect online purchases.

🔗Find out more 👇actionfraud.police.uk/ticketfraud
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🚨Secure your online accounts by turning on 2-step verification (2SV). 💪It helps to stop hackers from getting into your accounts, even if they have your password. Find out more➡️ ncsc.gov.uk/cyberaware #Turnon2SV

🚨Secure your online accounts by turning on 2-step verification (2SV).

💪It helps to stop hackers from getting into your accounts, even if they have your password.

Find out more➡️ ncsc.gov.uk/cyberaware

#Turnon2SV
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More than £106 million was lost to romance fraud in the last financial year, an increase of 18%.💔 On average, victims lost £11,222 each – proof of the emotionally devastating and financially destructive impact of these crimes.💸 Read more: bit.ly/4lcppDQ

More than £106 million was lost to romance fraud in the last financial year, an increase of 18%.💔

On average, victims lost £11,222 each – proof of the emotionally devastating and financially destructive impact of these crimes.💸

Read more: bit.ly/4lcppDQ
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🤔Thinking of donating to a charity? Don’t let your money end up in a criminal’s pocket. ⚠️The risk of fraud should not put you off giving to charities, but should be vigilant and make sure you are giving safely. 🔗Learn more ➡️actionfraud.police.uk/charityfraud

🤔Thinking of donating to a charity? Don’t let your money end up in a criminal’s pocket.

⚠️The risk of fraud should not put you off giving to charities, but should be vigilant and make sure you are giving safely.

🔗Learn more ➡️actionfraud.police.uk/charityfraud
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🚨 Received a suspicious email? ✅You can report it by forwarding the email to: [email protected] ℹ️ Your reports help to remove the emails and websites used to perpetrate fraud and cyber crime. 🔗You can find more info here: ncsc.gov.uk/collection/phi…

🚨 Received a suspicious email?

✅You can report it by forwarding the email to: report@phishing.gov.uk

ℹ️ Your reports help to remove the emails and websites used to perpetrate fraud and cyber crime.

🔗You can find more info here: ncsc.gov.uk/collection/phi…
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💔More than £106 million was lost to romance fraud in the last financial year, an increase of 18%. 📲Have you met someone online recently asking for money? ⚠️Stop and think as it could protect you and your cash. 🔗Find out more➡️ cityoflondon.police.uk/news/city-of-l…

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💸First-time investor? Online criminals are posing as real investment websites and targeting those looking to grow their savings and pensions. 🔎Learn the signs of a cloned company scam, fraud-proof your future👇 actionfraud.police.uk/cloned-compani…

💸First-time investor? Online criminals are posing as real investment websites and targeting those looking to grow their savings and pensions.

🔎Learn the signs of a cloned company scam, fraud-proof your future👇
actionfraud.police.uk/cloned-compani…