Category: Scams
Selling your car privately? Be aware
Car sellers are warned to be on the lookout for a re-emerging scam that sees potential buyers try to knock thousands off a car’s asking…
New Scam asking for Amazon Gift Cards
FROM WHICH? (online magazine) Amazon gift card email requests It’s a new twist on an old scam: fraudsters are hacking into email accounts…
BEWARE – Rogue traders posing as council workers
I had a report tonight of 3 men posing as workers from the Council. They had accents like they were from the middle east. …
Fake NHS Covid-19 Text
From Which? Magazine COVID-19 vaccine scam text Fraudsters are taking advantage of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout through a cruel but convincing text in an…
SCAM – DPD delivery
We have heard lots of reports of this DPD scam. You sent an email and told you have missed your delivery slot, so will have…
Fake DPD courier E-Mail
I have received notification that several people are receiving a FAKE email from DPD telling the recipient that they need to pay £4 for a…
SCAMS – beware
It seems it is the time of year when there are a lot of scams being reported. I know FOCUS readers are well informed and…
NHS Track and Trace SCAM
Below is a typical ‘scam call’ received by a resident. Please read and pass on to your family and friends, do not forget to warn…
Driving Licence Scam
Please see the following email that I received this morning. Do not click on the blue update button below. This is obviously a scam. Please…
Scam – Unwanted Gardener
I was contacted by a resident in a local road. There was an incident recently whereby a person had let himself into the residents back…
