{"id":6493,"date":"2023-09-22T11:27:22","date_gmt":"2023-09-22T11:27:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nebrcentre.co.uk\/?p=6493"},"modified":"2023-09-22T11:27:22","modified_gmt":"2023-09-22T11:27:22","slug":"watchout-smartphone-giveaway-scams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/watchout-smartphone-giveaway-scams\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Out! Smartphone Giveaway Scams"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Police are warning people to remain vigilant over what appears to be free smartphone giveaways but in fact are malicious scams, following more than 800 reports to Action Fraud, the UK\u2019s national reporting centre for fraud and cybercrime, relating to fake emails claiming to giveaway free mobile phones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The emails appear to be from US telecoms companies, claiming that recipients will receive a free smartphone if they complete a brief survey as part of a loyalty programme \u2013 but the links within the emails lead to websites designed to steal personal and financial information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Be aware! Criminals are becoming ever more sophisticated and can spend hours researching you and your business to perform a credible impersonation email, call, or text in the hope that you or your staff will let their guard down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.takefive-stopfraud.org.uk\/\"><strong>Take Five to Stop Fraud<\/strong><\/a><strong> guidance, to share with friends and colleagues is as follows:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Take a moment to stop and think before parting with your money or information.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>It\u2019s ok to reject, refuse or ignore any requests. Only criminals will try to rush or panic you.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Contact your bank immediately if you think you\u2019ve fallen for a scam &#8211; and report it to Action Fraud.<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>A spokesperson for Action Fraud said: \u201cIf you have any doubts about a message, contact the organisation directly. Don\u2019t use the numbers or address in the message \u2013 use the details from their official website. Your bank or any other official source will never ask you to supply personal information via email.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>For further guidance on protecting you and your business please contact: <\/strong><a href=\"mailto:enquiries@nebrcentre.co.uk\"><strong>enquiries@nebrcentre.co.uk<\/strong><\/a><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>To\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/news\/\"><strong>stay up to date<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0with the\u00a0ever-changing digital landscape and security threats, sign up for our\u00a0<u><a href=\"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/core-membership-sign-up\/\">free core membership<\/a><\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The NEBRC is a Police led non-profit organisation that seeks to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/services\/\">educate<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/news\">inform<\/a>, and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/support\/\">support<\/a>&nbsp;businesses across the UK on how to protect their business online through good cyber security practices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police are warning people to remain vigilant over what appears to be free smartphone giveaways but in fact are malicious scams, following more than 800&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6494,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6493"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6493\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}