Monthly Threat up-date from City of London Police
National Crime Agency NCY Fraud and Cybercrime Communications Toolkit download here
- advanced fee and investment fraud
- Courier fraud
- Ghost broker
- Other consumer – non investment fraud
- Romance fraud
Get Safe online
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The 2022 Ourwatch cybercrime survey
How to report online scams
What is adware and how can you prevent it
Cybercrime summary
Public WiFi and fake hotspots, research
Many criminals specialise in defrauding unsuspecting victims of Cybercrime.
Phishing and fake texting are other methods as well as phone call scams.
Emails often look completely genuine as the fraudsters use genuine pictures to pretend.
For phishing forward emails to report@phishing.gov.uk
for tax related phishing email: phishing@hmrc.gov.uk
It’s been four years since Friends Against Scams launched with the aim of spreading awareness of scams! Time to make some noise about scams and equip as many people as possible with the knowledge to protect others. Every Friend Against Scams makes a difference –so what are you waiting for? Join in. Spread the word. Protect others. #ScamAware
We have a number of advice books online to read.
little-book-of-cyber-scams-2.0
little-book-of-big-scams-5th-edition
impersonation-scams-newsletter
Regions hardest hit by Cybercrime
1: London – 72%
1: Wales – 72%
2: Northern Ireland – 67%
3:Scotland – 63%
3: South West – 63%
4: West Midlands – 62%
5: East Midlands – 21%
6: East Anglia – 18%
6: South East – 18%
7: North East – 14%
8: Yorkshire & Lincolnshire – 8%
9: North West – 6%
Read the details on Ourwatch
Passwords
Tower Hamlets Neighbourhood Watch Association 
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