500 fewer fraud incidents in Merseyside

Conservatives in Wallasey and Moreton are backing the new ‘Stop! Think Fraud’ campaign, delivering tough new anti-fraud messaging, raising public awareness on fraud safety advice in partnership with law enforcement, tech, banking, telecoms and third sector organisations.

This new campaign builds on the Conservative Government’s long-term Fraud Strategy set out by the Home Office in May 2023, committing to 52 actions to cut fraud. So far, fraud and computer misuse has fallen by 13 per cent in the last year according to the latest data from the Crime Survey of England and Wales.

Official data shows that the number of fraud and computer misuse incidents in Merseyside had fallen from 6,727 incidents to 6,215 incidents in the last year.

Since 2019, long-term reforms to tackle fraud have included creating the new national fraud squad with more than 400 new investigators, banning SIM farms which are used by criminals to send thousands of scam texts and stopping cold calls for financial products so people cannot be duped by scammers.

The UK Government has also signed the world’s first Online Fraud Charter, delivering tough long-term action against fraud in partnership with 12 leading tech companies including Amazon, Facebook, Google and X (formerly Twitter).

Commenting, Security Minister, Tom Tugendhat, said:

“Fraud ruins lives. Following this advice will give people the best tips to stop fraudsters from stealing their hard-earned cash, and point them towards all the help and information on offer.

“Our Fraud Strategy is successfully turning the tide against fraudsters. This new campaign will share the details we all need to defend ourselves and our friends.”

Need help to identify or report fraud?

You can report scams, fraud and online crime (cybercrime) to Action Fraud, except you should report:

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