LoginDudley scams unit saves £4.5m
An initiative set up to safeguard vulnerable people from fraudsters has proved its worth
Posted 02 March 2020 | JoTS Online
Content Tags: Updates|Crime|West Midlands
UPDATES: Dudley Council’s scams unit has prevented an estimated £4.5m from being lost to fraud, using specialist prevention work to protect vulnerable residents and disrupt criminal approaches.
A special unit set up by <a href="http://www.dudley.gov.uk/">Dudley Council</a> to tackle scams has prevented an estimated £4.5m from being stolen by fraudsters.
The scams unit, which has been in operation since 2018, aims to prevent people on ‘sucker lists’ – databases of people who have been established as particularly vulnerable or susceptible in the past – f...
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