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I recently received a call claiming to be someone reaching out from my bank, advising that my account had been compromised, and that I should transfer money over to a ‘safe account’ with them. I transferred £1,200 and it turned out to be a scam. I feel so foolish. Can you help?

#ShutOutScammers, Saving Money, Scams / May 25, 2022

Bank transfer scams are becoming increasingly common, and can be very convincing, so do not be too hard on yourself about the fact you transferred the money. Very often this type of scammer will have additional information, including personal or banking details that they can use to come across as more genuine, and appear to …

I recently received a call claiming to be someone reaching out from my bank, advising that my account had been compromised, and that I should transfer money over to a ‘safe account’ with them. I transferred £1,200 and it turned out to be a scam. I feel so foolish. Can you help? Read More »

consumeradvice.scot Support #ShutOutScammers Campaign

#ShutOutScammers, Consumer Protection, Consumer Rights, Enforcement Action, Scams / March 21, 2022

Scams have an impact on Scottish consumers every day, often costing thousands of pounds. Anyone can be targeted by a scammer, with attempts to defraud us of our personal information or money becoming increasingly convincing. Certain demographics are more vulnerable to scams than others. The more vulnerable members of our society are preferred targets of …

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Cyber Scotland Week – Protecting Your Information and Avoiding the Scammers

#ShutOutScammers, Cyber Scotland, Cyber Security, Scams / March 21, 2022

Cybercrime indiscriminately affects organisations and individuals in some form or another. The ripple effect caused by this type of scam impacts private individuals and large organisations alike. As scammers adapt and react to counter-criminal measures, it’s worth knowing what we, as consumers, can do to stop them in their tracks. The BCS (formerly British Computer …

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Shutting the Door on Scammers -Direct Mail and Postal Scams

#ShutOutScammers, Consumer Protection, Consumer Rights, Online Scams, Post, Scams / March 21, 2022

The various methods used by scammers to gather consumer information is startling. With technology evolving daily and the channels we use to communicate with one another expanding, so do the tactics employed by unscrupulous individuals to collect our data in attempts to defraud us of our hard-earned money and precious time. Despite the development of …

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Covid-19 Scams – Protecting Your Information, Your Finances, and Your Family

#ShutOutScammers, Online Scams, Online Shopping, Post, Scams, Technology / March 21, 2022

Scammers are continually finding more inventive ways of obtaining our personal information and are more convincing than ever, when reassuring us that they are contacting us from trusted, reputable sources. Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, consumeradvice.scot has seen the number of reports of scams increase, demonstrating not only the more complex methods employed …

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Test & Protect Scams

#ShutOutScammers, Consumer Protection, Consumer Returns, Consumer Rights, Consumer Spending, Coronavirus / Covid-19, Online Scams, Scams / March 21, 2022

According to the latest data from Experian, UK fraud rates have jumped 33% during the since the implementation of lockdown measures in the UK as a result of COVID-19. Action Fraud, the UK’s national reporting centre for fraud and cybercrime, has reported that over 16,000 UK consumers have been affected by online shopping and auction fraud, with nearly one …

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consumeradvice.scot Join Partnership to #ShutOutScammers

#ShutOutScammers, Consumer Protection, Consumer Returns, Consumer Rights, Consumer Spending, Online Scams, Scams / March 23, 2022

consumeradvice.scot is working in collaboration with partners at Trading Standards Scotland, Police Scotland, Scottish Fire and Rescue and Neighbourhood Watch Scotland, to raise awareness of doorstep scams and the impacts that they have on Scottish consumers. The #ShutOutScammers campaign launches today (Monday 15th June 2020) and highlights the impacts that doorstep scams have on consumers in …

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HMRC Scams: Shutting out the Fraudsters

#ShutOutScammers, Online Scams, Scams / March 21, 2022

Scammers and the scams they employ evolve with changing attitudes, technology and their knowledge of the processes applied to bring them to justice. Many legitimate businesses are mimicked by these fraudsters, who even clone login pages for legitimate websites in order to gather customer usernames and passwords. HMRC scams continue to be one of the …

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