19 June 2018
Fraud Alert
Thanks to Neighbourhood Alert for sending us the following alert and also a link to the new section of their website giving a wealth of information on 'Building Safe Neighbourhoods' :
Click on the poster
for
more details.
The National Fraud Intelligence Bureau has
identified an increasing number of reports submitted to Action Fraud
from the public concerning courier fraud.
Fraudsters are
contacting victims by telephone and purporting to be a police officer or
bank official. To substantiate this claim, the caller might be able to
confirm some easily obtainable basic details about the victim such as
their full name and address. They may also offer a telephone number for
the victim to call to check that they are genuine; this number is not
genuine and simply redirects to the fraudster who pretends to be a
different person.
To read the full alert,
please click on the poster (above left).
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To visit the new 'Building Safe
Neighbourhoods' section of Action Fraud's website that gives a wealth of
information to help keep us and our neighbours safe, please click on
the poster (left). 
