Urgent fraud Alert from Kent Police

Kent Police has had several reports of this parking fine or commonly known as a penalty charge notice being received via text message, it is a SCAM. Do not click on the link, as it is designed to take you to a realistic looking website under the control of the criminals, where they will look to steal your personal and financial data.

If you are not sure if a text message is genuine, then always apply our Scam Awareness message ABC, which is never Assume or Believe a message is genuine but always Confirm. In other words, contact the sender by using a trusted phone number.

You can report Scam text messages by forwarding to 7726.

If you think that you may have been a victim of this or any other type of scam, then contact your Bank immediately, which you can do by calling 159 and report it to Action Fraud at www.actionfraud.police.uk or call 0300 123 2040.

For further information about Fraud, visit our website at Advice about fraud | Kent Police

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