Fraud Alert

Dear members, 

Please be aware that we have received a number of reports in recent days in relation to individuals calling residents and claiming to be Police Officers, this has been across the Chiswick, Brentford and Osterley areas. They are stating things like a suspect being in custody and their cards have been found or fraudulent transactions have been made on their account. The suspects then use a range of tactics to obtain money or valuables from the victim.

The victims in these cases tend to be elderly, often living alone and end up handing over large sums of money or goods.  If you have elderly friends, relatives or neighbours then please tell them to be extremely careful when receiving calls from persons claiming to be from the Police or the Bank. Importantly make sure they are aware that Police will NEVER ask them to withdraw/transfer money or goods in an attempt to catch criminals. If you or anyone you know receives such calls then it should be reported to ‘Report Fraud’. 

Action Fraud has been renamed as Report Fraud
https://www.reportfraud.police.uk/
Contact them regards issues such as spam text messages, phishing emails, other types of fraud & cyber crime

Please see a few resources below to protect you and others from potential fraudsters:

Many thanks

Sgt O’Donnell 164WA

Chiswick NPT