Fraud resources

 Romance fraud leaflet - Use these steps to keep yourself, and your loved ones, safe from romance fraudsters

 Romance fraud: a victim's story - YouTube video by Hampshire Constabulary

 Sextortion Phishing Scams- Information on what to do if you've received an email that's trying to blackmail you

 Stop Economic Abuse- a short video that highlights the experience of this form of abuse. Warning- this video contains scenes that some may find distressing.

 Hourglass- A leaflet aimed at keeping older people safe from financial abuse

UK Finance and Surviving Economic Abuse- A useful leaflet around what financial and economic abuse is, practical support and staying safe.

Online hacking (individuals):

 Cyber essentials website - Cyber Essentials is a simple but effective, Government backed scheme that will help you to protect your organisation, whatever its size, against a whole range of the most common cyber attacks.  

 The Little Leaflet of Cyber Advice - This short leaflet from Sussex and Surrey Police forces includes useful tips to protect you from online hacking.

Online shopping:

 Get Safe Online- The Get Safe Online website provides unbiased, factual and easy to understand information on online safety. You'll also find information about how to shop online safely, and what to do if you become a victim of online crime.

 Little Book of Big Scams (page 26)- This helpful booklet from Sussex Police contains information about keeping safe while shopping online on page 26.

 Safe online payments- Useful information to help you make online payments safely.

General online/computer:

 Little Book of Cyber Scams- Jointly produced by Sussex and Surrey Police this booklet contains a wealth of information to help you keep safe from cyber scams

 Backups- Keep your data safe- A booklet produced by Sussex Police around keeping data safe by backing it up

 Get Safe Online Leaflet- A leaflet produced by Get Safe Online around staying safe online

Telephone:

Truecall leaflet- Truecall is a small device which blocks nuisance calls. This leaflet explains how it works. 

Truecall website- The Truecall website contains a wealth of information and advice about how you can keep yourself safe from scams, as well as about some of the products and services which are available to help you.

 Little Booklet of Phone Scams- This leaflet from Sussex and Surrey Police forces contains practical and useful information to help you identify and avoid scams.

Mobile:

  Get Safe Online - The Get Safe Online website provides unbiased, factual and easy to understand information on online safety. There is also a section on keeping safe while using the internet on a smartphone or tablet.  

 Little Booklet of Phone Scams - This leaflet from Sussex and Surrey Police forces contains practical and useful information to help you identify and avoid scams.  

 Little Book of Big Scams (pages 24 and 24) - This useful booklet from Sussex Police provides information about mobile phone scams on pages 23 & 24 

App updates - Are you up to date? - A booklet produced by Sussex Police to provide advice around the importance of keeping apps updated

Wi-Fi Hotspots- How to surf safely - A booklet produced by Sussex Police around using public Wi-Fi

For further tips, advice and guidance please see your phone providers help pages. You can do this by searching your provider on the internet or clicking the links below. 

 Click here for O2  

 Click here for Virgin  

 Click here for EE  

 Click here for three  

 Click here for Vodafone

  FCA ScamSmart leaflet- pulls together some warning signs around investment fraud. 

 FCA ScamSmart leaflet- How to avoid investment and pension scams.

 Courier Fraud- A recorded webinar resources produced by the West Sussex Community Safety and Wellbeing Team about courier fraud.

 Doorstep Callers Leaflet- West Sussex County Council have pulled together a helpful leaflet around doorstep callers and scams.

Online hacking (businesses)

 The South East Cyber Resilience Centre- Police led, business focused cyber support for your organisation.

 Cyber essentials website - Cyber Essentials is a simple but effective, Government backed scheme that will help you to protect your organisation, whatever its size, against a whole range of the most common cyber attacks.  

 Cyber security: Small business guide - A handy guide  to help small businesses improve their cyber security  

 Cyber security: Small charity guide - A handy guide to help small charities improve their cyber security  

 Cyber security: Toolkit for boards - A handy guide to help boards to understand cyber security  

 Phishing attacks: Defending your organisation - How to defend your organisation from email phishing attacks  

 Phishing attacks video - A video guide to preventing the damage to your organisation from phishing attacks  

 Get Safe Online - The Get Safe Online website provides unbiased, factual and easy to understand information on online safety. They also have a section on preventing identity theft online.   

 The Little Leaflet of Cyber Advice - This short leaflet from Sussex and Surrey Police forces includes useful tips to protect you from online hacking.

 Passwords- Keep your systems safe - Produced by Sussex Police, this booklet contains information around simple steps that can be taken to create and maintain strong passwords to keep your systems safe.