Fraudsters will stop at nothing when attempting to scam people of their financial and personal information. This week Staffordshire Police have had their own force back up phone number ‘spoofed’ and used in a phone call (vishing) courier fraud where the individual has been conned out of thousands of pounds.. The force number spoofed, which means faked, is 0300 123 4455, is not used by Staffordshire Police to dial out and contact people, it is for calls into Staffordshire Police only, putting calls through to the 101 service.
Download the Local Courier Fraud alert helpsheet.