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Essex Police produce a wide-ranging series of advice leaflets available here to view and download. We will add to the as we receive them. Just click on the topic heading to explore more:

1. Council Tax Refund Scams; Puppy Scams; ‘Spoofed’ Text Messages (31 July 2020)

2. 10 Covid-19 Scams (7 August 2020)

3. Car Sales; Moonpig Investment Scams (14 August 2020)

4. TV License; Carnival Cruises; PayPal (21 August 2020)

5. Pension Scams & Number Spoofing (28 August)

6. Gift Cards fraud (4 September 2020)

7. Courier Fraud (11 September 2020)

8. Impersonation scams (17 Sept 2020)

9. Money Mules (2 Oct 2020)

10. Romance fraud (9 Oct 2020)

11. Covid fraud (16 Oct 2020)

12. Roboscammers (23 Oct 2020)

13. Romance fraud – update (30 Oct 2020)

14. HMRC Scams (6 November 2020)

15. Investment & Paypal Scams (13 November 2020)

16. Black Friday and Rural Commercial Bank Scams (20 November 2020)

17. HMRC Self-Assessment Scams (27 November 2020)

18. Fake BT Calls (4 December 2020)

19. Covid Vaccine Scams (11 December 2020)

20. Delivery Fraud (1) (18 December 2020)

21. Covid Vaccine Scam Texts (8 January 2021)

22. Recruitment scams (15 December 2021)

23. Hacking prevention (22 January 2021)

24. Vaccine emails (29 January 2021)

25. Instagram Traders (5 February 2021)

26. Romance Fraud (3) (12 February 2021)

27. Fake National Insurance Calls (19 February 2021)

28. Bitcoin (Crypto currencies) (1) (26 February 2021)

29. Holiday Scams (1) (5 March 2021)

30. Ticket and Vehicle Scams (12 March 2021)

31. Royal Mail Scam Texts (9 April 2021)

32. Solar Panel Scams (16 April 2021)

33. Fleeceware (23 April 2021)

34. Flubot (30 April 2021)

35. Driving Licence Requests (7 May 2021)

36. Social Media Games (14 May 2021)

37. Holiday Fraud (21 May 2021)

38. Census Scams (28 May 2021)

39. Online Shopping (4 June 2021)

40. Mobile Phone Upgrade Scam & Council Tax Phishing (11 June 2021)