23rd March 2026
Trading Standards have announced a relaunch of the Young Friends Against Scams resources. The resources have been designed […]
30th January 2026
You don’t need extra apps or technical know-how to fight scam calls, as your smartphone already has features […]
24th November 2025
As the busy shopping season approaches, stay informed with these tips to help recognize impersonation scams – when […]
19th November 2025
Between April and September 2025, Action Fraud has received 2,790 crime reports relating to Winter Fuel Payment scams, […]
19th November 2025
Scammers are always finding new ways to trick us, we have been made aware of a number of […]
17th September 2025
Humberside police have advised that Fraudsters are sending out winter fuel payment scam texts claiming to be from […]
2nd May 2025
Due to the success of the campaign in 2020 and 2021, the Friends Against Scams Team are again […]
14th June 2024
Nothing beats a good training session with the perfect soundtrack. But in a digital world of frenetic scrolling, […]
17th May 2024
Remind yourself that if an individual or organisation contacts you randomly about an investment opportunity, it is likely […]
23rd February 2024
Would you know if someone was trying to defraud you? We might like to think we could spot […]
7th September 2023
Action Fraud has received 31 crime reports since June 2023 relating to remote access scams targeting businesses. Victims […]
14th July 2023
Cyber scammers are attempting to access peoples personal details by emailing some iPhone users with a message informing […]
2nd December 2022
The team here at Neighbourhood Network have received a scam email purporting to be from Halifax informing us […]
10th August 2022
Criminals impersonating Carphone Warehouse have been targeting would-be customers under the pretence of selling a new mobile phone. […]
10th August 2022
Scams Awareness Fortnight, which ran from 13th to 26th June, is an annual campaign run by Citizens Advice […]
8th April 2022
More than £50 million was lost last year to scams where victims are tricked into handing over control […]
19th November 2021
Enabling two-factor authentication (2FA) is the single most important thing you can do to improve the security of […]
3rd September 2021
In Humberside Polices ongoing campaign to protect communities from fraud they are warning people of the dangers of […]
26th August 2021
In Humberside Polices ongoing campaign to protect our communities from fraud they are warning people of the dangers […]
20th August 2021
Keep your eyes peeled for fake pet adverts online. Fraudsters are targeting victims with promises of animals and […]