Scamnesty is an opportunity for local residents and organisations to get involved.
Trading standards want to make sure that Portsmouth residents are not being ripped off by scams, and to do this they are asking for your help!
They are asking for you to keep your eyes and ears open and let them know if you suspect someone may be a victim of a scam.
Trading standards have also deployed Scamnesty bins for you to leave scam mail, competitions, and leaflets or information about scam offers and phone calls, etc. at:
- Civic Offices Main Reception
- All Portsmouth Libraries
- Fratton Police Station
- Central Police Station
- Cosham Police Station
- Students Union University of Portsmouth
- University of Portsmouth Library
- Portsmouth Deaf Centre Arundel Street
You can forward any email scams to scams@portsmouthcc.gov.uk i.e. fraudulent bank emails or 'tax rebates' asking for you to update your details
At the end of February they will collect the bins and all the scams will be entered into a database as intelligence in the battle to stop the scammers.
Scamnesty events booked:
- Thursday 16 February 10:30-12:30 Commercial Road - Theme: Online Phishing and Dating Scams
- Tuesday 28 February 10:30-12:30 Commercial Road - Theme: Scams
Scamnesty survey
Residents have the opportunity to participate in an online survey about how they have been affected by scams. The data collected will help us to target our service delivery and understand the impact scams have on the city. The survey can be found by following this link and will only take a few minutes to complete: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/XXMXP2C .
Trading Standards Talks
Trading standards are interested in delivering scam talks to all Neighbourhood Forums within the city. If you would be interested please contact trading standards - 023 9283 4689.
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