Friends Against Scams

SCAMChampion

We’ve pledged to help people become more Scam Aware

There are 2020 SCAMChampion’s in the UK and tinsleyNET are proud to be one of them. We’ve pledged to help spread awareness of scams, the techniques used and common and newly spreading scams.

We’re doing this by hosting a series of free to attend online training sessions, and by providing a Be Scam Aware service via email and Facebook where you can send copies of your suspected scam and we can check it for you.

We’re also encouraging people to become a Friend Against Scams by taking a free, short online course and joining the 623,397 Friends Against Scams already registered.

If you have suspected scam, you can send it to us by email or post it into our Facebook Group ‘Be Scam Aware’

Scam Marshal

We’re dedicated to identifying Scams

There are 1722 Scam Marshals in the UK, and tinsleyNET are proud to be one of them. We’re working to help identify new scams as the spread and try to make people aware of the scam before they encounter it.

The number of people who are victims to scams every year.

The number of scams that get reported.

The number of people that have been targeted by a scam five times or more.

More than 53% of victims are aged 65 or over.

The cost to the UK economy is estimated between £5-£10 billion a year.

The number of victims every year who are too embarrassed to tell anyone they have fallen victim to a scam.

To contact Friends Against Scams:

Friends Against Scams Organisation

As one of only 260 Friends Against Scams Organisations we’re working to raise awareness of scams in organisations and charities that we work with

Other points of contact

Here are some more organisations that are helping to tackle the scams.

To contact the Police Action Fraud team:

To contact National Trading Standards – Scams Team

To report scam mail to the Royal Mail:

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