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Crime fiction meets real-world fraud as authors help to raise awareness of scams

Three authors have teamed up with the Take Five to Stop Fraud campaign to create a trilogy of short stories launching for Take Five Week 2026.

Evening Standard

Rachel de Thame urges people to take same care with finances as with gardens

Ms de Thame said fraudsters are an ‘invasive species’.

Evening Standard

Over 65? How instincts gained from gardening can help you spot financial fraud

The skills and instincts gained from gardening can be used to spot and stop financial fraud

The Independent UK

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Spouses and mothers ‘safest pairs of hands to protect finances’

Only one in 11 people speak to those they trust to sense-check requests, according to Take Five to Stop Fraud.

Evening Standard

People warned to ‘be alert’ to threats of online fraud

The majority of authorised push payment fraud in the first half of 2024 started online, Take Five to Stop Fraud said, ahead of Safer Internet Day.

Evening Standard

At the Races: Budget blues - Roll Call

Catch up on the political news of the past week in the latest At the Races newsletter, including fundraising and a special election.

Roll Call

Loneliness at Christmas puts people at risk of scams, campaign warns

Impersonation and romance scams are particularly harmful methods of defrauding people, the Take Five to Stop Fraud campaign said.

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Impersonation fraudsters conned unsuspecting victims out of £177m last year

A leading industry body says more than 45,000 frauds were reported in 2022. It comes as a campaign has been launched to raise awareness of impersonation scams

Wales Online

Britons lost £177.6m to impersonation scams in 2022: ‘Fraudsters have improved their tricks’

The figures were released during Take Five Week, which encourages people to pause to think before transferring money or handing over personal details

The Independent UK

£177.6m lost to impersonation scams in 2022, says UK Finance

The figures were released during Take Five Week, which encourages people to pause to think before transferring money or handing over personal details.

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