📲Ever received a text message that you weren't quite sure about? Maybe it asked you to 'verify' your personal or financial details?

📨You can report suspicious text messages by forwarding them to 7726.

🚨New scam alert🚨

⚠️Watch out for these FAKE solar panel emails. We have received over 900 reports about these emails designed to steal your personal and financial details.

✅Report suspicious emails by forwarding them to [email protected]

ℹ️ Your reports enable us to

🛍️Doing some online shopping?

💳Use a credit card when shopping online. Most major credit card providers will protect online purchases against fraud.

🔗For more top tips on how to shop online safely, visit actionfraud.police.uk/onlineshopping

⚠️HMRC will never send notifications of a tax rebate or ask you to disclose personal or payment information by email.

✅Received a suspicious email claiming to be from HMRC? Report it by forwarding the email to: [email protected]

More than £28.7 million was lost to courier fraud in the UK last year, with people in their 80s the most likely to be targeted.

Courier fraud criminals will call victims pretending to be from the police or from their bank.

You can read more here: bit.ly/3wVwfKj

Beware of cryptocurrency scams
🏛️ Check with Financial Conduct Authority fca.org.uk
✍🏻 Do your research online.
🔎Seek advice before transferring any money.
🚔 Report to Action Fraud online or call ☎️ 0300 123 2040.

🐈🐕Don't be swayed by emotion when buying pets online. Always do your research carefully and buy wisely, be careful about how you are asked to pay.

Find out more on how to protect yourself from #PetFraud 👉actionfraud.police.uk/petfraud

🚨New scam alert🚨

⚠️Watch out for these FAKE solar panel emails. We have received over 900 reports about these emails designed to steal your personal and financial details.

✅Report suspicious emails by forwarding them to [email protected]

ℹ️ Your reports enable us to

Don’t let criminals win. Stay vigilant and stay suspicious of urgent payment requests.

Learn how to protect your business, at Payment diversion fraud: actionfraud.police.uk/a-z-of-fraud/p…
#PaymentDiversionFraud

🎫Trying to grab a last-minute ticket for the The FA Cup final at the Wembley Stadium this weekend? Do it safely.

⚽️Buy from authorised sources only.
⚠️Be wary of third-party sellers.
🎫Check the validity of the ticket.
📲Do not accept screenshots.

🔗Find out more here

Criminals may take advantage of our generosity when giving to charity. They may claim to be raising money for a fake charity or impersonate a well-known one.

The risk of fraud should not put you off donating. Make sure you are giving safely: actionfraud.police.uk/charityfraud

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…

💕Met someone online who's asking you for money?

💸Stop and think as it could protect you and your money. Criminals are experts at impersonating people. They spend hours researching you for their scams, especially when committing romance fraud.

🔗Protect yourself, follow these

📨Received an email which you’re not quite sure about?

🤔Is it asking you to log in to your account, or maybe to “confirm” your payment details?

⚠️If you are suspicious, you should report it by forwarding the email to: [email protected]

#CyberProtect

🔎Investment scams can be hard to spot.

📨Victims of cryptocurrency fraud report being lured in by glossy websites, social media posts and online ads.

☑️Protect yourself and check Financial Conduct Authority Warning List: ow.ly/gVvW50R7bxt

If you’re contacted out of the blue about your pension, stop and think. It could protect you and your money.

Always reject any unexpected pension opportunities, such as free pension reviews or investment opportunities involving your pension.

🔗actionfraud.police.uk/a-z-of-fraud/p…

🤔Did you know that making a profit by receiving and transferring money for somebody else makes you a money mule? If you get caught doing this, you could get a criminal record.

🔗actionfraud.police.uk/a-z-of-fraud/m…

#dontbeused #moneymule

⚠️WhatsApp users warned after Action Fraud reveal it has received 636 reports from victims this year.

It involves fraudsters tricking users into giving access to their Whatsapp account then asking their contacts for money urgently.

🔎Find out more: tinyurl.com/26jky7jt

Do you hate missing out on a good deal? #StopThinkFraud

Safeguard your personal information and enable 2-Step Verification (2SV) to stop cyber criminals even if they have your password.

Learn more⬇️
gov.uk/stopthinkfraud