Friends Against Scams

Friends Against Scams is a National Trading Standards (NTS) Scams Team initiative. Friends Against Scams aims to protect and prevent people from becoming victims of scams by empowering people to take a stand against scams.

ANYBODY can join Friends Against Scams and make a difference in their own way. Scams affect the lives of millions of people across the UK. Friends Against Scams has been created to tackle the lack of scams awareness and to change the perception of scam victims.

People who are scammed often experience, loneliness, shame and social isolation. The Friends Against Scams initiative is designed to empower communities and organisations by providing information about scams and those who fall victim to them. This information enables communities and organisations to understand and talk about scams and turn that knowledge into action by ‘Taking a Stand’ against scams and cascading the prevent and protect messages throughout communities.