Julian has welcomed the news that the Government has launched a new anti-fraud campaign, delivering tough new anti-fraud messaging and raising public awareness on fraud safety advice in partnership with law enforcement, tech, banking, telecoms and third sector organisations.
The ‘Stop! Think Fraud’ campaign builds on the Government’s Fraud Strategy, set out by the Home Office in May 2023, which committed to 52 ambitious actions to cut fraud by 10 per cent by the end of this Parliament. As a result, fraud and computer misuse has already fallen by 13 per cent in the last year.
Since 2019, the Government has implemented a whole range of long-term reforms to tackle fraud by creating a new national fraud squad with over 400 new investigators, banning SIM farms which criminals used to send thousands of scam texts, and stopping cold calls for financial products so people cannot be duped by scammers.
The Government has also signed the world’s first Online Fraud Charter, delivering tough action in partnership with twelve leading tech companies, including Amazon, Facebook, Google and X.
Julian Smith said, “Fraud is a terrible blight on our society; one that can ruin someone’s life in an instant.
“I’m therefore really pleased to see the launch of this new campaign. The Government has already made significant progress but we need to see further action, from cracking down on fraudsters to raising public awareness.”
