Resources to help
The Fraud Prevention Working Group (FPWG) have organised a collection of resources to help raise awareness of fraud and how to prevent it.
Banking fraud
Banking fraud leaflet
The Digital Safety and Fraud Prevention team at West Sussex County Council have made a leaflet about banking fraud.
- Banking, card and payment scams leaflet (PDF, x.xsize)
Courier and impersonator fraud
West Sussex Community Safety and Wellbeing Team's recorded webinar
41 mins
Doorstep crime and rogue traders
Doorstep crime leaflet
The Trading Standards team at West Sussex County Council provide a leaflet about doorstep callers.
- Doorstep crime leaflet (PDF, x.xsize)
Trading Standards 'No cold-calling' door sticker
The Trading Standards team provide a double-sided door sticker. You can place this on the inside of a glass door or window. It will remind callers that you do not deal with uninvited traders.
For more information, including how you can request a pack, see the Trading Standards pages about doorstep callers.
Financial abuse
Surviving economic abuse website
You can find resources and details of training about financial abuse on the website Surviving economic abuse.
Investment fraud
Investment fraud leaflet
The Digital Safety and Fraud Prevention team at West Sussex County Council have made a double-sided leaflet for parents and carers about investment fraud.
- Staying safe online - investment fraud leaflet (PDF, x.xsize)
Romance and relationship fraud podcast series
The Digital Safety and Fraud Prevention Team and Victim Support have recorded a three-part podcast series to raise awareness of romance fraud.
Sextortion
Sextortion webpages
You can find information and resources about sextortion on the West Sussex County Council website.
Parent guide
The Digital Safety and Fraud Prevention team at West Sussex County Council worked with the Fraud Prevention Working Group to make a double-sided resource for parents and carers about sextortion.
Parent guide: Sextortion of boys and young men (PDF, x.xsize)
Report Remove tool
The Internet Watch Foundation and Childline made a confidential online reporting tool to help young people under 18 in the UK. They can use it to report sexual images and videos of themselves and ask to remove them from the internet.
See the Childline website for more information and to use the Report Remove tool.
Sextortion awareness posters
The Sextortion Project Awareness Group (SPAG) have made posters to help people learn about sextortion. SPAG are a group of students from secondary schools in Crawley.
You can download and print copies of the posters.
- Sextortion poster 1 (PDF, x.xsize)
- Sextortion poster 2 (PDF, x.xsize)
You can also request hard copies by emailing: communitysafety.wellbeing@westsussex.gov.uk.
Other fraud resources
Action Fraud
The UK's national reporting centre for fraud and cybercrime where you should report fraud if you have been scammed. Visit the Action Fraud website.
Age UK: Avoiding scams information booklet
In this booklet Age UK outline different ways to protect yourself from scams. See the guide on the Age UK website.
Ask Silver
A free scam checker tool, designed to help people, particularly those who are vulnerable, identify scams and take appropriate action. Use the Ask Silver scam checker.
Get safe online - check a website
A free tool from Get Safe Online to check if websites are legitimate and safe to use. See the Get Safe Online check a website page.
Little guide to preventing fraud and cyber crime
This is a webpage of resources, including 'The little book of big scams'. It educates people about different types of fraud and scams. See the Metropolitan police website.
West Sussex County Council scam and fraud resource sheet
This is a leaflet with information about frauds in general. It has top tips and details about how you can report fraud. The Digital Safety and Fraud Prevention team at West Sussex County Council (WSCC) worked with the Fraud Prevention Working Group to produce it.
- WSCC scam and fraud resource sheet (PDF, x.xsize)