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may or may not be updated and are
therefore for help and information purposes only

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Helpsheets/articles

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Action Fraud website

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Daily Mail article on Passwords

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Financial Services Register

Visits

• Brilliant BBC Scam Secrets-Customer Complaints Scam
• Amazon "refund" scam - ignore
• Use "DuckDuckGo" as your browser
• Rise in Microsoft impersonation scams. Read more at www.snipca.com/47055
• ComputerActive article - ChatGPT v the rest
• ComputerActive article - Remove AI tools you dont need
• ComputerActive article - Don't get scammed by AI
• Malwarebytes Internet Safety for "Seniors"
• Malwarebytes video on "Malware"
• Passwords-Three words are better than complex ones

  Watch out for :-
  Fake "Captcha's"/QR Codes
  Fake NHS Coronvirus website
  Fake Covid and Royal mail messages
  Watchout for the Fake "Update Word" email
  Misspelled URL's leading to scams
  Malware disguised as a "protected document"
  Fake Office 365 "chats"
  Various "Royal Mail" text messages that are scams
  Facebook "cloned account" hoax
  Fake Browser, update Notifications and "download" buttons
  "Ghosted" emails
  Fake antivirus renewal messages
  Despicable "kids charity" scam
  Dont respond to "one ring" calls. They are scams.

• Improve your Internet speed in these difficult times
• Have your passwords been hacked?
• "Your payment has been received" scam
• Further email and password breaches. Read more..
• Forward scam emails to :- report@phishing.gov.uk
  

updated 09/08/2026