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SCAM: HMRC claiming a lawsuit is being brought against you?

Received a voicemail/automated call from ‘HMRC’ claiming a lawsuit is being brought against you? This is a SCAM. DO NOT comply. Please share pic.twitter.com/ZYpZY81Wmd

— HM Revenue & Customs (@HMRCgovuk) September 30, 2016

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Tarmac scam target farmers in Hampshire

A group of people are visiting farms in the Winchfield area of Hampshire pretending to be from the Highways Agency and offering a load of tarmac for an agreed price of £20/£30.

They then state that their truck is damaged and they need to off load it

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Five million Gmail username and passwords posted online by hackers, reports Trading Standards/Action Fraud

Dateline 11.9.2014

Five million Gmail username and passwords posted online by hackers

Google is urging Gmail users to change their passwords after a database with user information was exposed online by hackers. For more information please see the Act

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Change your Facebook page colour...it's a scam

Beware this Facebook scam that's already hacked into 10,000 Facebook accounts.

From the Guardian:

A Facebook app offering to change the colour of Facebook’s profile page and header scams users, hacking into their Facebook account and computer.

The sc

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Waste Carrier Licence 'Scam'

I'm sure most of us already have the required Waste Carrier Licence from the Environment Agency for our activities, but I thought it advisable to highlight a possible 'scam' for anyone that hasn't yet registered and is thinking of doing so.

If you sea

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Beware Inland Revenue and Customs 'Submit Your Tax Refund' scam email

Most of us are wise to email scams these days.

Banks and other major organisations (including government departments such as HMRC) do not ask for personal details via email or over the phone.

The following email was rightly sent to spam by GMail but

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e-Bay scam

A local tree surgeon gets scammed. If it looks too good to be true, it normally is.

http://www.thisissouthwales.co.uk/Gower-tree-surgeon-stung-pound-5k-eBay-pick-truck/story-17256267-detail/story.html

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New scam all the way from sunny spain

I had a letter today that looked on the face of it like a offical document, they wanted a few company details to go on a data base and all the details said just that, however when one reads the small print it looks like you have agreed to a advert co

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Latest credit card scam

Fraudsters contact cardholders, claiming to be from their bank, and use a recorded dialling tone to prove veracity of phone call before persuading victims to hand over their plastic.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2012/may/23/credit-card-users-phone

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Parcel delivery scam

New scam on the block !

Parcel Delivery Scam:

You receive a card through the door from PDS (Parcel Delivery Service) saying that they missed a delivery and have to ring a premium rate number which is 0906 6611911 to get the parcel.
Do not ring it  a

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Elderly and vulnerable victims ‘mercilessly overcharged’ for gardening or roofing work

http://lesbonner.mycouncillor.org.uk/2011/07/14/elderly-and-vulnerable-victims-were-mercilessly-overcharged-for-gardening-or-roofing-work/ It beats me why these crooks were labelled gardeners or why the work was described as gardening. This is pure a

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Credit card bank fraud strikes

I checked my Lloyds TSB bank account today to reconcile our expenditure against our statement only to find that we'd been the victims of credit card fraud to the tune of just under £2,400.

 

The code against the transaction started with EM AIR and I

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Watching out for online scams

"Scams are schemes to con you out of your money. They usually come by post, phone or email.

Fake lotteries and prize draws, bogus psychic predictions, get-rich-quick investments and 'miracle' health cures are just some of the many tricks that scammer

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Premium rate phone scam

Hi,

 

Just to let people know that I have had a couple of emails in the last month or so asking for a quote for landscaping their garden.  Contents of the lates email are below:

 

Hi

 

I have just bought a house with 1.5 acre garden which is in need or sor

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I almost got excited...

When I started to read the e-mail below, ummm a nice project to finish off the year or maybe kick off next year? Then the cynicism sunk in! Big garden but only a two line e-mail? Not the normal type of enquiry for a larger project. 0703 isn't that a

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Free Safety Glasses

I often look at this site for reference and interest - so a new member - thought I would give something back as this looks like a good offerHave a look at http://www.3meyecatchingprotection.co.uk/By the way I have no connection with company - have or

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