On Monday 10th June we had a fascinating General Meeting at the Crowne Plaza when 2 excellent speakers from the Devon and Cornwall police described the dangers of using the internet and how we can minimise these.

After the event the speakers emailed:

Just a big thank you for inviting us to speak to your group today.  We appreciate there was a lot of information to put across to the audience and even so, we weren’t even beginning to scratch the surface.  It was great to see so many people in attendance, all I hope will take some tips away help prevent becoming victims of cybercrime in the future.

Here are some useful links for you to share with your U3A for further advice and guidance:

Take Five to Stop Fraud – general advice on financial fraud:
https://takefive-stopfraud.org.uk/

Get Safe Online (personal and business advice)
https://www.getsafeonline.org/

From the Metropolitan police Fraud and Linked Crime Online (FALCON) team: ‘Little Book of Cyber Scams’  – https://nbcc.police.uk/images/guidance/The_Little_Book_of_Cyber_Scams.pdf

Have I been Pwned – check to see if your email account has been compromised in a data breach:
https://haveibeenpwned.com/

General advice and guidance from the National Cyber Security Centre:
https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/section/advice-guidance/all-topics