Data Breaches #Stop!Think Fraud

Good afternoon,

We’ve had a number of reports from residents who have had their data “acquired” in various recent data breaches.  If this happens to you our advice is:

In simple terms, consider changing what you can eg: email address, phone number etc,  and then informing everyone else you can think of (depending on what you've shared/what's been acquired) eg: 

Passport Office (to prevent being stopped at Border Control next time you go on holiday) https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-passport-office or phone 0300 222 0000 

DVLA (to prevent driving/parking offences being incorrectly attributed to you) https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/driver-and-vehicle-licensing-agency or phone 0300 790 6801 

DWP – (to prevent problems now or in the future with pensions and/or other benefits) https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-work-pensions

HMRC - (to prevent any problems relating to tax etc) : https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-revenue-customs

Do take up sources of support eg: Victim Care Hub/Victim Support listed below

If this isn't relevant to you, please share it with someone who might be interested.

If you’ve received a phishing email please forward it to report@phishing.gov.uk 

If you’ve received unwanted phone calls or texts from people you think are trying to scam you, but you haven’t engaged with them, please forward the text/phone number to 7726.

If you've been affected by a crime please contact Victim Care Hub for free, confidential support: Home - Hampshire Victim Care Hub (hampshireiowvictimcare.co.uk) or phone 0808 178 1641

If you would like to report a crime anonymously please contact: Independent UK charity taking crime information anonymously | Crimestoppers (crimestoppers-uk.org) or phone 0800 555 111

Hampshire Alerts is not a crime reporting portal – please do not report crime here.

If you realise you’ve been scammed and wish to report a fraud that has already happened, please report it to Action Fraud either phone 0300 123 2040 or online at: Action Fraud

If a crime is in progress, and/or you are in fear for yourself or someone else, and/or there is evidence in situ that could be damaged/destroyed, please phone 999 immediately. 

Otherwise, report online, or find out about other ways to report a crime at: Report a crime | Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary

Thank you – Fraud Safeguarding Team