Source · Select Committees · Justice Committee
Recommendation 42
42
Accepted
Paragraph: 163
Current fraud prevention campaigns lack sufficient resources to effectively raise public awareness.
Conclusion
Key to the prevention of fraud is increasing public awareness of these crimes and the steps people can take to avoid being victimised. Although campaigns are currently run by the Financial Conduct Authority and its partners, these do not have the level of resources required to proliferate messages about fraud and fraud prevention among the general public. The
Government Response Summary
The government recognises the importance of raising public awareness for fraud prevention, which will be a key part of its forthcoming fraud strategy. It has established a new public engagement team at the NECC/NCA to coordinate anti-fraud communications across sectors and improve messaging, in addition to existing campaigns.
Paragraph Reference:
163
Government Response
Accepted
HM Government
Accepted
The Government recognises the importance of raising public awareness on fraud, which will form a key part of our forthcoming fraud strategy. One of best ways to safeguard the public is to ensure people are well-informed about the threat and how to protect themselves. That is why we have established a new public engagement team at the NECC/NCA to drive work across the public and private sectors to coordinate anti-fraud communications, analyse what is most effective, and create consistent messages for the public. There are numerous existing campaigns that deliver fraud messages, including National Cyber Security Centre’s Cyber Aware, FCA’s ScamSmart, UK Finance run Take 5 To Stop Fraud, and others run by voluntary and private sector organisations. Action Fraud also conduct regular awareness raising campaigns. We continue to support partners to ensure these communications campaigns are well coordinated, clear and empower the public.