Cumbria Police repeatedly advise and warn local communities
about telephone, computer and cold calling scams that they become aware of in
their area.
Recently information has been received relating to a scam
caller targeting local businesses purporting to be from Cumbria Police.
The caller claims that they are selling advertisement space
for a website called communityguardian.co.uk. Cumbria Police can confirm that
these calls are not affiliated to the force and that police would never request
money from businesses or members of the public.
Police advise people to ignore or hang up calls of this
nature. They also advise to be wary that they may ring back immediately
following been hung up on and police ask that this be simply ignored.
Inspector Jon Sherlock, Community Safety Unit, said “Police officers will always identify themselves by name and
the station they are attached to. Unfortunately there are people out there who
will attempt to gain money fraudulently. I strongly advise anyone who receives
calls like this to hang up immediately.
“If you are ever unsure if a call from the police is
genuine, ask for the person’s name and then hang up. Using a different phone,
as the caller may still be linked to yours, dial 101 and ask for that specific
person – if they are genuine, the Communications Centre will be able to put you
through to them.”
For more advice, please contact Action Fraud at www.actionfraud.org.uk
or contact the Action Fraud Hotline on 0300 123 2040.
