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Protect yourself from fraud
These often involve emails and letters claiming to provide investment opportunities, sometimes for large amounts of cash or gold.
Sometimes these claim to be from real employees of G4S or link to a real G4S website, in an attempt to add credibility to their claims.
G4S is not associated in any way with the owners of these websites or with any claims made by organisations which distribute such letters and emails.
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How to protect yourself
To help protect yourself from such fraudulent behaviour, you should consider the advice given by the UK Government’s Department of Trade & Industry on this subject:
(see: www.consumerdirect.gov.uk/watch_out/scams/)
- Never respond to emails claiming to make you money
- Never provide any internet banking or telephone banking log-on details or any credit card details
- Make sure that an investment or business opportunity and the person or company promoting it are properly registered with the relevant authority or trade association.
- Check out the company or individual's track record.
- Take your time. While there may be time limits for special offers, high-pressure sales tactics are often signs of a scam.
- Take independent professional (legal and/or financial) advice.
- Don't expect to get rich quick, and invest only with those you know and trust.
- Don't judge reliability by how professional a website looks. It's relatively easy and costs very little to create, register, and promote a website.
- If an organisation or individual claims to have connections with a well-known brand, contact that company and check that this association is legitimate before proceeding
- Install and keep up-to-date, anti-virus software on your computer
