Take a stand against scams at Shrewsbury event on 31 March

Shropshire Council is holding a ‘Friends Against Scams’ event in Shrewsbury on 31 March 2017 to help people find out more about scams and how they can protect themselves and others from being a victim.

The event is being held in the Council Chamber at Shirehall, starting at 10.30am.

It’s estimated that consumers lose £5-10 billion to scams each year. Friends Against Scams aims to protect and prevent people from becoming victims by empowering communities to ‘take a stand against scams’.

Scams affect the lives of millions of people across the UK. People who are scammed often experience loneliness, shame and social isolation.

Friends Against Scams is a National Trading Standards (NTS) Scams Team initiative, which aims to protect and prevent people from becoming victims of scams by empowering communities to “take a stand against scams”.

On the day someone from the National Trading Standards Scams Team will be talking about scams and raising awareness. People will learn that anyone can be a ‘Friend Against Scams’ and make a difference in their own way.

To book a place or for more information please contact Gillian Denning on gillian.denning@shropshire.gov.uk or 07990 085237.

Friends Against Scams has been created to tackle the lack of scams awareness by providing information about scams and those who fall victim to them. This information enables communities and organisations to understand scams, talk about scams and cascade messages throughout communities about scams prevention and protection.

Friends Against Scams encourages communities and organisations to take the knowledge learnt and turn it into action.

For more information about Friends Against Scams go to www.friendsagainstscams.org.uk or follow @AgainstScams on twitter.