North Wales Community Alert

[SteveH]

Get Safe Online have launched a new Self Help Tool Centre which features nine easy-to-use, free tools to help you protect yourself, your family, your finances, your devices and your workplace from fraud and other online harms.

The tools help to check if a website is likely to be legitimate or fraudulent, if your details have been involved in a data breach, if an online photo has been copied from another website, how big your social media footprint is, how strong your passwords are and allows you test yourself to see how good you are at spotting phishing/scam e-mails.

Take a look at the tools here - Your free Self Help Tool Centre - Get Safe Online  https://www.getsafeonline.org/selfhelpcentre/

#NWPCyberSafe
Message Sent By
Dewi Owen
(North Wales Police, Cyber Crime Officer, North Wales)

[SteveH]

🚨SCAM WARNING / RHYBUDD SCAM 🚨
Watch out for FAKE McAfee emails, they've once again been reported over 4,500 times.

The emails attempts to trick the recipient into clicking on a fraudulent link by stating that the recipient's computer "could be at risk" from "viruses and other malware" if they don't renew their anti-virus subscription.

✅Report suspicious emails by forwarding them to: report@phishing.gov.uk

ℹ️ Your reports enable the National Cyber Security Centre to remove emails and websites used to perpetrate fraud.

#NWPCyberSafe
Message Sent By
Dewi Owen
(North Wales Police, Cyber Crime Officer, North Wales)

[SteveH]

Digital Conwy Open Day, Thursday the 30th of May / Diwrnod Agored Conwy Digidol, dydd Iau y 30ain o Fai.

North Wales Police Cybercrime Team members will be at the Digital Conwy Open Day at the Trinity Centre in Llandudno next Thursday the 30th of May between 10.30 – 16.00 alongside a number of other agencies.

It should be a great day, so if you need help with anything digital come over to see us. Hope to see you there!

#NWPCyberSafe
Message Sent By
Dewi Owen
(North Wales Police, Cyber Crime Officer, North Wales)

[SteveH]

🚨 Scam alert / Rhybudd sgâm 🚨

⚠️Watch out for FAKE solar panel emails. Action Fraud have received over 900 reports about these emails designed to steal your personal and financial details.

The emails ask recipients to check their eligibility for funding to cover the upfront costs of installing solar panels. The links in the email lead to a request to enter financial and personal information or trick the recipients into downloading malware.

✅Report suspicious emails by forwarding them to report@phishing.gov.uk

ℹ️ Your reports enable the National Cyber Security Centre to remove emails and websites used to perpetrate fraud.

#NWPCyberSafe

Message Sent By
Dewi Owen
(North Wales Police, Cyber Crime Officer, North Wales)
 

[SteveH]

Please find attached the most recent Fraud Alert.

If you have been the victim of fraud, please report to Action Fraud on 0300 123 2040 or at www.actionfraud.police.uk

Monthly fraud alert.... https://members.northwalescommunityalert.co.uk/AlertMessage/Attachment/075E733E8EACDE62DD863B023965D65E

Message Sent By
DC 2675 Rachel Roberts
(North Wales Police, Financial Abuse Safeguarding Officer, North Wales )

Subjects covered......
Fake QR codes. fake delivery texts, Taylor Swift ticketing and Facebook promising 'free travel insurance for those over 55' under a new government initiative.