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Phone scammers posing as Amazon are still trying to trick people in Oxfordshire.

Phone scammers posing as Amazon are still trying to trick people in Oxfordshire.

CUMBRIA Trading Standards is urging those who want to fight back against scammers to become scam marshals. A Scam Marshal is any resident in the UK who has been targeted by a scam and now wants to fight back and take a stand against scams. Scam Marshals do this by sharing their own experiences, helping others to report and recognise scams and sending any scam mail that they receive to the NTS Scams Team so that it can be utilised as evidence in future investigative and enforcement work. This work by Scam Marshals plays a huge role in helping to stop the scam mail altogether and Friend...

DISCUSS scam risks with your family over the Winter holidays Cumbria Trading Standards have said. This comes following their work highlighting the issues of scams over the whole of December in collaboration with Friends Against Scams. On their Facebook page, Cumbria Trading Standards said: "Use this Winter break to have a talk with your family about scam mail. "Criminals will use any opportunity to steal money, even your post box! "If you think a letter that's been received could be a scam, send it to Friends Against Scams." The Friends Against Scams Team are encouraging everyone ...

A WARNING has been issued to the public about clairvoyant scams in the run up to Christmas. Cumbria trading Standards issued the warning on behalf of Friends Against Scams, a National Trading Standards Scams Team initiative which aims to protect and prevent people from becoming victims. The focus of this week is clairvoyant scams. These letters claim you might have an upcoming positive change in your life or that you’re in trouble but they can help. Throughout December, the team are running a Scamnesty, a scam mail amnesty campaign to encourage everyone to send in any unwanted scam ...