27
Feb
2013
By Calvin at 16:18 GMT, 13 years ago
We bring you news of a new reciprocal link between the Crime Prevention Website and an excellent anti-fraud website called Who Can You Trust?
Who Can You Trust is a not-for-profit community interest company based in Essex that has been set up with the sole aim of alerting and advising people in the 55+ age group about the need to be on their guard against internet scammers, doorstep rogues, fake lotteries, ATM fraudsters, rogue builders, dating tricksters and cheque overpayment fraud.
Peter Faulkner, a freelance newspaper editor, who owns and operates the website also uses the pages to report on cowboy tradesmen, loan sharks, unqualified gas engineers, counterfeiters and anybody else who is out to rip us off.
Peter focuses on older people because they are seen to be more vulnerable and trusting, but as Peter quite righty says “those who become too trusting are often the ones who suddenly find themselves paying out thousands because they have been promised millions. It never happens.
These confidence tricksters are clever and work in all different disguises on the internet. They might even knock at your door claiming to represent a bone fide company or organisation, but they are evil and have no morals. Once you engage them you have become a victim.”
Who Can You Trust has uncovered many stories about people who have been fleeced of thousands and despite warnings from the police, from Trading Standards and from Government agencies; people are still falling for these scams.
Peter hopes that by reading the many stories and warnings on the site, elderly residents will in future think twice about sending money to someone they don’t even know or be on their guard when dealing with telephone calls from strangers who claim to be their friend.
We thoroughly recommend a visit to this informative site and if you run a Neighbourhood Watch do please let your members know about it. You know it makes sense!
Who Can You Trust? http://www.whocanyoutrust.org.uk
