What is Take Five
Take Five is a national campaign offering straight-forward, impartial advice that helps prevent email, phone-based and online fraud – particularly where criminals impersonate trusted organisations.
What is Take Five
Take Five is a national campaign offering straight-forward, impartial advice that helps prevent email, phone-based and online fraud – particularly where criminals impersonate trusted organisations.
What is Take Five
Take Five is a national campaign offering straight-forward, impartial advice that helps prevent email, phone-based and online fraud – particularly where criminals impersonate trusted organisations.
What is Take Five
Take Five is a national campaign offering straight-forward, impartial advice that helps prevent email, phone-based and online fraud – particularly where criminals impersonate trusted organisations.
WHY TRAINING YOUR STOP MUSCLE IS A VITAL STEP IN PROTECTING YOURSELF FROM FRAUD
Social media platforms are built to reduce our attention span, priming us to react instantly rather than taking our time. This has weakened what we call ‘The Stop Muscle’ – our ability to stop, think and Take Five when we are asked for our personal or financial information. But it is the act of stopping that remains one of our most powerful defences against scams.
Check out our latest blog to find out more about ‘The Stop Muscle’.
Are you scam-savvy?
Criminals are turning to more sophisticated ways to take your money, whether through online offers, emails or telephone calls. Can you outsmart them? Put your ability to spot a scam to the test with our quick quiz.
The Stop Muscle
The act of stopping remains one of our most powerful defences against scams. That's why we're encouraging people to train their ‘The Stop Muscle’ – our ability to stop, think and Take Five. Watch our campaign video to find out more!
Take Five toolkit
We want organisations, businesses and individuals to be able to spread the message and get involved in the campaign so we can all help protect the nation against financial fraud. Please support Take Five and make use of the full suite of campaign materials we have on offer.