Following on from our recent Fraud awareness days in local banks 

I would like to make you aware of a safe, secure and simple way you can contact your bank by calling 159

often when scammers/Fraudsters contact you they will give you a number to call your bank to confirm however this will just put you through to the scammers themselves.

We would advise that you never call any numbers given to you and to check if the call is legitimately from your bank/Building society

instead call 159, NEVER CALL STRAIGHT BACK IF YOU THINK YOU HAVE BEEN SCAMMED AS OFTEN FRAUDSTERS WILL STAY ON THE LINE AND YOU WILL CONNECT BACK TO THEM, try to use a mobile or wait a minute or 2 before picking the phone up.

If you are at a cash machine and it swallows your card or you notice you have lost your cards instead of waiting until you get home to call the bank do so straight away via 159

When you call 159 you will get an automated message asking which bank you require, if you say for example Natwest it will connect you to Natwest securely

below is a clip from money saving expert Martin Lewis explaining how the number works.

Martin Lewis: How to call your bank by dialling just three numbers…

hope this is of use to you 

stay safe and have a nice weekend

PCSO Tony Spruce 20445