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Help and advice on how to protect yourself from ticket fraud - along with who to contact if you think you have been a victim of fraud (contact Action Fraud).
Do you know your fraud fact from fraud fiction? Action Fraud and the City of London Police launch its Urban Fraud Myths campaign to let you know the truth about fraud and cyber crime
Action Fraud, the UK’s national reporting centre for fraud and cyber crime, is where you should report if you’ve been a victim of fraud or cyber crime in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Follow advice on this page to help protect yourself against online fraud.
When using the internet to research or book your holiday or other travel arrangements, the world is literally at your fingertips. However, there are risks associated with doing so – some specific to holiday and travel booking and some which are in common with other types of online purchases.
All fraud and cybercrime offences should be reported via Action Fraud, the UK’s national reporting centre. West Yorkshire Police will only take a crime report directly where the Call for Service criteria exists. This page summarises West Yorkshire Police's fraud recording call for service assessment criteria and explains how fraud reports are assessed and investigated.
ABTA, The City of London Police and Get Safe Online have re-joined forces to warn the general public about the dangers posed by holiday booking fraud.
Fraud is a crime in which fraudsters are constantly reinventing themselves to find new ways of tricking people. Anyone could be a victim.
West Yorkshire Police is supporting a national Haji Campaign run by the City of London Police, which is the UK policing lead for fraud.
Investment Fraud starts when you get a cold call from someone pretending to offer you the opportunity to invest in a variety of schemes or products that are either worthless or don’t even exist. These may have come about due to a reply to an online article or advertisement.
Mass marketing fraud is when you receive an uninvited contact by email, letter, phone or adverts, making false promises to con you out of money.
Identity theft happens when fraudsters access enough information about someone’s identity (such as their name, date of birth, current or previous addresses) to commit identity fraud. Identity theft can take place whether the fraud victim is alive or deceased.
The police do not deal with benefit fraud, the Benefits Agency prosecute their own cases – all benefit fraud should be reported directly to the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP).   Contact Details for DWP
Crossgates and Whinmoor Neighbourhood Policing Team will be hosting a Fraud Crime Prevention Roadshow contact point at: Crossgates and Whinmoor Community Hub, Crossgates Shopping Centre
Monday 25 September, 2023 Students are being encouraged to ‘Take Five' so they don’t fall victim to fraud and scams during their studies.