Inverness Crime Prevention Panel and Northern Constabulary are warning members of the public not to fall for email or telephone scams in which there are attempts to gain personal details.
There have been reports of people having received emails, purporting to be from banks, or people with acess to huge sums of money informing the recipient that they are either entitled to sums of money or can provide assistance in moving huge sums of money and to make contact giving their personal details.
These emails and similar telephone calls are scams and people should on no account respond to these unsolicited contacts.
They are designed in many cases for identity theft purposes. Inverness Crime Prevention Panel amazingly receive many such emails – the senders have no fear of reprisal and will mail thousands of recipients in the belief that anyone is likely to respond, particularly if they think they may benefit from easy money.
Chair: Jim Ferguson
