Look out for Road Tax Scam . From Gov.uk

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Was this via email or text?

Fwiw, there have been many recently from the likes of Royal Mail requesting a small £2.99 fee for an undelivered item and another I had some weeks back from HMRC etc. Generally, ally text based things I just delete as any legit method would usually drop you a letter with details in the post.
 

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Latest one which Ms Peterws is bombarded with is the "criminal activity using your National Insurance number, phone us to avoid being arrested". That and the calls from "Sky" offering a rebate for slow internet access, for which they want full access to your computer. Barstewards.
 

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Trouble is there will be MANY who fall victim to this simply due to shock/fear and not being upto speed with such forms of crime.

I get a lot of calls from young and old family members to advise on the calls and messages they receive around refunds/demands and all are scams.

IMO, routine updates on TV regional new etc should be provided to help more people not fall victim to it.
 

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Plenty of different scams going about whether by email, phone or FB you just have to be vigilant ;)
 

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Don’t reply to them - just delete.

I got the same yesterday but it was auto filtered to junk mail.
 
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Yes i have them for viagra i tell them,that i want something to put mine in . They replied to say they do sell rubber ones haha.
 

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I saw on tv today a retired police chief constable (female)got conned out of £500k on one of those dating sites. God she was once in charge of one of our regional forces.
 

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I saw on tv today a retired police chief constable (female)got conned out of £500k on one of those dating sites. God she was once in charge of one of our regional forces.
Seems a regular thing that. Women are more trusting I guess and therefore more susceptible to being scammed.
 

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