Black Friday (27th November) and Cyber Monday (30th November) are approaching, and a third of all Christmas spending is also forecast to be online this year. To help online shoppers, in National Consumer…
Covid vaccine fraud is ‘emerging threat’ to UK, National Crime Agency says
British authorities are working to prevent the sale of fake coronavirus vaccines by fraudsters, it has emerged. A National Crime Agency (NCA) official said that while the early stages of the pandemic saw criminal groups use personal protective equipment (PPE) scams to target businesses, vaccine fraud…
Reporting Non-Emergency Crime Online
If It’s Not 999, You Can Report Online Warwickshire Police and local partners are encouraging the public and businesses to try reporting non-emergency crime online, by using the force’s website. Currently the vast majority of non-emergency reports come into the force…
Businesses in Rugby, Warwickshire are urged to sign up to app to help promote and protect the high street
Rugby businesses are being urged to sign up to a digital platform to promote high streets. Shopappy has been funded by the Greater Birmingham and Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership and working in partnership with Rugby Borough Council to enable small…
ANTI-SLAVERY DAY 2020 CAMPAIGN
To mark Anti-Slavery Day 2020, Unseen is calling on more businesses to take forced labour more seriously, asking them #WhatAreYouDoing to tackle modern slavery? Forced labour is the most common form of slavery in the UK and goods produced…
Threat Alert: Warwickshire Trading Standards, Bogus puppy sellers, fraudulent online traders, test & trace scams and scam phone calls
Businesses and residents please be aware Scam Phone Calls Residents are warned to beware of scam phone calls after a spate of bogus calls were reported recently to Warwickshire Trading Standards. They included: Phone calls from fraudsters claiming to be…
Investment Fraud: Money Flipping Fraudsters Target Vulnerable Instagram Users– The National Fraud Intelligence Bureau
Please find attached the following: Investment Fraud: Money Flipping Fraudsters Target Vulnerable Instagram Users– The National Fraud Intelligence Bureau Investment Fraud Money Flipping Fraudsters Target Vulnerable Instagram Users Please note a link to the NFIB’s feedback survey can be found…
Four men arrested in connection with Rugby stabbing
Four men have been arrested after an 18-year-old man suffered a stab wound to his chest during an incident in Rugby on the evening of Friday 31 July. Three males from Rugby, aged 15, 18 and 20, have all…
Incident Alert: Business Crime in Warwickshire
INCIDENT 64 30TH JULY, HALFORD ROAD, STRATFORD UPON AVON OVERNIGHT U/K OFFENDERS HAVE GAINED ENTRY TO A BUSINESS OUT BUILDING BY FORCING DOOR AND STOLEN £1000 OF TOOLS AND A VAUXHALL COMBO VAN. VEHICLE LATER RECOVERED IN THE RIVER AT…
Incident Alert: Business Crime in Warwickshire
INCIDENT 51 29TH JULY, SHIRES RETAIL PARK, LEAMINGTON SPA AT 03.34 BREAK INTO FOOD BUSINESS BY TWO MALES, THIS WAS WITNESSED BY A MEMBER OF STAFF AND CAPTURED ON CCTV. THEY FORCED ENTRY AT THE BACK OF THE STORE. THEY…