The Take Five Charter

The Take Five Charter sets out how signatories will deliver consistent and concerted use of the campaign messages and logo throughout their customer communications. The Charter sets out the minimum expectations required of signatories which may include prominently displaying the Take Five messaging. The Charter applies to all individual organisations/brands who sign up to it.

Signatories:

Adam & Company Nationwide Building Society
Bank of Ireland UK NatWest
Bank of Scotland Danske Bank (Northern Bank)
Barclays Royal Bank of Scotland
C. Hoare & Co. Saffron Building Society
The Co-operative Bank Sainsbury’s Bank
Coutts Santander
Coventry Building Society Starling Bank
Halifax Tesco Bank
HSBC TSB Bank
Intelligent Finance Ulster Bank North
Lloyds Bank Vanquis
Metro Bank Virgin Money
Monzo Principality Building Society

Stop

Taking a moment to stop and think before parting with your money or information could keep you safe.

Challenge

Could it be fake? It’s ok to reject, refuse or ignore any requests. Only criminals will try to rush or panic you.

Protect

Contact your bank immediately if you think you’ve fallen for a scam and report it to Action Fraud.

TakeFive

Do you Stop, Challenge, Protect when being asked for money or information? Keep your money safe from fraud and scams by following the advice of the Take Five to Stop Fraud campaign. Take our quiz to see how savvy you are already. https://t.co/Cp4TPeRvrI

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Criminals are taking advantage of the government relief offered to those affected by #coronavirus to trick you into giving them your money or information. Don’t automatically click on any links or attachments, and forward scam emails to [email protected] and texts to 60599. https://t.co/P3QSJy9fun

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Criminals use “spoofing” to phone people under the pretence of being from HMRC before issuing a notice via WhatsApp to pay for “case resolvement charges”. #TakeFive and contact government departments directly via https://t.co/mGQSOm18oK and don’t click links or open attachments https://t.co/yhnnE4GI2o

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RT @LloydsBank: Investing can be a great way to make money, but make sure it’s not a scam. Check that a deal, a company and their adviser a…

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@tiamabelrose @MetCC @namsom2008 @EE Hi Tia, You can also forward the text message to 7726

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If you receive a call out of the blue from someone pretending to be from Amazon and requesting you take urgent action, #TakeFive Remember that it's okay to reject, refuse or ignore any requests. Only criminals will try to rush or panic you. https://t.co/JyQb11HPGe