Resources and Materials
In this section, you will find a range of resources and additional materials to help you spread scams prevention messaging, such as leaflets, posters and social media content. These include a Scams Guide Leaflet and a Doorstep Crime Leaflet, that are both available in a range of different languages, to help you.
Awareness
Become a Friend Against Scams by learning how to spot a scam and protect your friends, family and neighbours from becoming a victim by completing a short awareness session.
Are you or your loved ones being targeted by scams? Take a look at this guide on some practical things you can do to prevent criminals contacting you.
Initiative
A Scam Marshal is any resident in the UK who has been targeted by a scam and now wants to fight back and take a stand against scams.
What more can you do?
A SCAMchampion is someone who has access to the Friends Against Scams resources in order to hold their own awareness sessions within their community or workspace.
Businesses
Businesses Against Scams has been set up by the National Trading Standards Scams Team and includes a number of resources that companies can share with their employees.
A scams awareness guide that has been created in an Easy Read version.
This sticker can be printed off and stuck on your front door to deter traders knocking on your door.
Video
Coercive Control Video
Friends Against Scams have been working with The Cyber Helpline to educate people around the threats of cybercrime. This resource is a hub of information on cybercrime and how to stay safe from online scams.
The Met Police have created a booklet for people affected by fraud and cybercrime. It has been developed to provide clear guidance and signposting for individuals affected by these offences.
Scams Guide Leaflet
This guide has been designed by the National Trading Standards Scams Team as a quick reference point for scams in general, what they are, the tactics criminals use to target their potential victims and how to report these crimes.
Scams Guide Leaflet
This guide has been designed by the National Trading Standards Scams Team as a quick reference point for scams in general, what they are, the tactics criminals use to target their potential victims and how to report these crimes.
Doorstep Crime Awareness Leaflet
This leaflet was designed by the National Trading Standards Scams Team to help raise awareness of doorstep crime. It includes the tactics used by doorstep criminals and how to report them to the right authorities.
This guide is available in 14 different languages, please select the language you require.
