Fraud Alert

Useful Links

Note: We are not responsible for any of the websites listed below.

General Information:

• Home Office
• Home Office Crime Reduction Web site
• Data Protection : Information Commissioners Office

Credit Reference Agencies:

• Callcredit Plc 08700 60 14 14
• Equifax Ltd 08700 100 583
• Experian Ltd 08702 416 212

Fraud:

• National Fraud Authority (NFA)
• The Fraud Advisory Panel
• Serious Fraud Office London
• Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA)

Insurance Fraud Bureau:

• www.insurancefraudbureau.org

Identity Fraud:

• Identity Fraud Consumer Awareness Group (IFCAG)
• National Identity Fraud Prevention Week
• CIFAS
• CIFAS Protective Registration

Company Identity Fraud:

• Companies House
• Monitor, Web Filing and Proof

Secure disposal:

• British Security Industries Association

Payments and Banking:

• British Bankers Association
• UK payments administration (formerly APACS)
• Bank Safe Online
• CardWatch
• Financial Services Authority

Scams:

• Office of Fair Trading
• Directgov - Protect yourself from scams
• On Line Scam Report
• Safe From Scams

Chronic Scam Victims Support and Advice:

• Think Jessica

International Scam Complaints:

• econsumer

Vehicle buying and selling:

• Vehicle Safe Trading Advisory Group

Shipping and Escrow Payments:

• Shipping and Escrow Fraud Sites

Preference Services

• Avoiding revenue generating phone numbers
• Telephone Preference Service 0800 398893
• Fax preference service 020 7291 3330
• Mailing Preference Service: 0207 2913300
• Royal Mail opt out: 08457 950 950 - email optout@royalmail.co.uk

Phone Calls:

• Phone Pay Plus
• OFCOMM web site

Intellectual Property and Copyright:

• The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) - Formerly the Patent Office
• Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT) - Film Piracy: 020 8568 6646
• BPI (British Phonographic Industry) – Music

Vulnerable and elderly people:

• Action on Elder Abuse
• Age UK the new name for Help the Aged and Age Concern
• Alzheimer’s Society
• Carers UK
• Dementia UK
• Friends of the Elderly
• Public Guardianship Office (PGO): 0845 330 2900

Land Registry:

• Land Registry

Internet and eMail:

• Get Safe On Line
• Bank Safe OnLine

Fraud Forums

• VSTAG - Vehicle Safe Trading Advisory Group
• PROFIT - Prevention of fraud in travel
• PFAST - Property forum acting for safe transactions
• Safer Jobs
• PREFIT - Protecting employers from insider threats
• London Fraud Forum

Global links

• European Anti-Fraud Office
• Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI)
• Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
• Financial Crimes Enforcement Division (FinCEn)
• Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigative Division (IRS-CID)
• International Monetary Fund (IMF)