Telephone Fraud

• 27th February 2020 by manager in Uncategorised

  Ash Citizens Advice News – 26 February 2020

  New £20 note enters circulation The new polymer £20, with the face of artist JMW Turner, entered circulation last week. Old £20 notes can still be used. The Bank of England will give six months’ notice ahead of withdrawing the old £20 notes. The new note includes many security features to prevent forgery. The new […]

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• 5th September 2019 by manager in Uncategorised

  Ash Citizens Advice News – 28 August 2019

  Mobile phone scam Beware of a scam involving criminals ordering an expensive mobile phone using another person’s identity, and then trying to intercept – or trick the person into handing it over, such as posing as a courier to collect the “wrongly delivered” item. The scam usually happens when fraudsters get hold of an individual’s […]

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• 6th June 2019 by manager in Campaigns

  Be scam aware

  A scam is a scheme to try to steal money, personal information or data from a person or organisation. Other names for a scam include fraud, hoax, con, swindle and cheat. Scams can affect anyone. Citizens Advice are encouraging people to play their part in preventing scams by reporting and talking about them. Only about […]

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• 6th June 2019 by manager in Uncategorised

  Ash Citizens Advice News – 5 June 2019

  HMRC leads number spoofing crackdown to prevent fraud Telephone fraudsters pretending to be from the tax office have been blocked from spoofing HMRC numbers. The fraudsters would manipulate the caller number display to show real HMRC phone numbers to trick people into believing the call was genuine. Since April, HMRC has put a block on […]

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