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Be warned! If you receive a call congratulating you on winning a fabulous prize and asking you to press 9 for further details, DONT DO IT. These calls can cost you £20 a minute. Even if you disconnect immediately, it will remain connected for minimum of 5 minutes costing you about £100. Another scam involves mobile phones; a missed call comes up with a number beginning 0709 020. If you return one of these calls you will be charged £50 a minute!. This type of scam is also used in EMail - just delete them.

In general just delete any EMail that suggests that you have the opportunity to acquire a large sum of money (usually connected with the release of money from an African Bank).
Also just put the phone down if you think someone is trying to gain personal information about you in a telephone call. If someone calls at your door asking you to take part in a survey of properties in your area 'at no cost to you' and with a 'we are not trying to sell you anything' you might reply with the comment 'What are you going to pay me for my time in taking part in your survey?' and see how fast they disappear!

 


If you receive an EMail including words similar to those quoted below then just DELETE IT. This is a common scam, usually from people alegedly from Africa:

"Upon acceptance of this proposal, I shall send to you by mail the ASB Bank "Next of Kin Payment Application Text Form" as well as detailed information on how this deal would be carried out.

The money will be shared in the ratio: Sixty percent for me, thirty percent for you and ten percent for any arising contingencies during the Course of this transaction. I guarantee that this will be executed under
legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law, as I will use my position in the Bank's here to perfect this business transaction & secure Approvals and guarantee the successful execution of this transaction.

Please be informed that your utmost confidentiality is required. If this interests you, I want to remind you of the confidentiality of this Transaction at hand whatever your decision is.

I await your urgent response. Your detailed reply should contain your
telephone and fax numbers for easier communication for onward
proceeding".

Keep in mind the expression 'You dont get something for nothing'

If you are aware of any other scams or misleading advertising, please notify information@fiohnetwork.org and an alert will be considered for inclusion on this web page

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