Spring is calling 🌸
If you’re heading into the countryside 🌲, meeting animals 🐐, wild swimming 🏊 or getting stuck into the garden 🌱, check out our latest blog for advice on staying healthy while enjoying Scotland outdoors.
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ALT A woman and child walking on a sunlit forest path near a wooden water wheel structure in spring.
Easter reminder: criminals do not take bank holidays 🐣
Before you switch off, check strong passwords, updated devices, secure work tech and remind teams to be cautious with unexpected emails and links.
Disrupting serious organised crime remains a priority for @ScotGov and partners on the Serious Organised Crime Taskforce.
A new report sets out how @SOCTaskforce partners are working hard to target criminals and support communities.
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ALT Angela Constance Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs with the comment: "The Serious Organised crime Taskforce works to ensure organised criminals are detected and disrupted at every turn and to divert people at risk of becoming involved in serious organised crime."
You should never feel embarrassed about losing money to a trader who has misled you or failed to carry out the work agreed. They’re the one at fault, not you
Report them to Trading Standards by calling 0808 164 6000 or visiting scamwatch.scot#ConfidentConsumer
"Not sure? Ask before you click." ✅
Cyber resilience is a shared responsibility across every office and every device. Our new staff awareness pack makes it easy to build a culture where verifying is the norm, not the exception. 🛡️
Read More: cyberscotland.com/cyberscotl…
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Calling all Scottish student journalists: If you haven't already, you have until midnight tomorrow to enter our awards. Win valuable newsroom experience, get yourself noticed and further your career. shorturl.at/iSXvn | @heraldscotland
If a trader has used high pressure selling tactics to get you to buy a product or service on the spot, you may have the right to cancel the contract and obtain a full refund within 90 days
Find out more: consumeradvice.scot/knowledg…#ConfidentConsumer
A reminder that if you spot of NHS fraud and it is in Scotland, please use the details below to contact our fraud fighting colleagues at @NHSSCFS.
#FraudFighters#NHSFraud
PROCUREMENT FRAUD, BRIBERY & CORRUPTION is the biggest risk to #NHSScotland. The consequences are devastating and can put our NHS at risk of financial loss. Report it in confidence via @CrimestoppersUK on 08000 15 16 28 or cfs.scot.nhs.uk.
💸Would you know how to spot the signs of a fraudulent investment? Investment scams are getting harder to spot but there are some tell-tale signs to help protect your hard-earned money.
✅Don't be rushed into making an investment.
✅Seek advice first.
✅Check if the company is @TheFCA registered.
Learn more ➡️fca.org.uk/scamsmart
Wishing everyone a Happy Easter from all @NHSSCFS
If you have concerns of fraud over the weekend you can contact us 24/7 using the fraud hotline on 08000 15 16 28 or via cfs.scot.nhs.uk
PROCUREMENT FRAUD, BRIBERY & CORRUPTION is the biggest risk to #NHSScotland. The consequences are devastating and can put our NHS at risk of financial loss. Report it in confidence via @CrimestoppersUK on 08000 15 16 28 or cfs.scot.nhs.uk.
This week's bulletin has case studies of traders who have been hired to complete one job and who have wrongly told householders they have found further repair work that needs to be done urgently
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From seemingly small expenses fraud to high value procurement fraud, every fraud against the NHS impacts on the resources available to provide vital care & services.
Help us #ProtectNHS funds, report #fraud in confidence 08000 15 16 28
#scamaware
Beware of attempted fraud against #NHSScotland patients.
Please #TakeFive to stop and verify the information
#Tell2 to inform others.
It's not rude to hang up on scammers!
If you suspect #Fraud in Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland, you can report to partners @bsocfs by calling 08000 096 33 96 or report via their website: cfs.hscni.net.
If you identify fraud in the NHS in England and Wales, you can report to partners @NHSCFA by calling 0800 028 4060 or via their website cfa.nhs.uk/reportfraud