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Police Scotland campaign targeting fraud in Airdrie and Coatbridge

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POLICE Scotland is running a major campaign to help the people of Monklands to protect themselves from fraud – one of the most commonly experienced crimes in the country.Cases of criminals exploiting vulnerable and unsuspecting people and persuading them to part with money or personal information are continuing to rise.During the six-week campaign, in partnership with Take Five to Stop Fraud, police officers will also warn that criminals are becoming more sophisticated and convincing in their methods, and taking advantage of advances in technology.Latest Scottish Government figures show that in 2019-20, fraud increased by 23 per cent and since 2010-11 has gone up by 33 per cent.In the past year (April 2019-to-March 2020) there were 11,939.

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