Please be aware of scams currently operating throughout BANES/Somerset.

Please note the following

• The NHS will never ask you for your bank or card details.
• The NHS will never ask you for your PIN or banking password.
• The NHS will never arrive unannounced at your home to provide the vaccine.
• The NHS will never ask you to prove your identity by sending copies of personal documents such as your passport, driving licence, bills or pay slips.
• If you receive a call you believe to be fraudulent, hang up.
• If you are suspicious about an email you have received, forward it to report@phishing.gov.uk
• Suspicious text messages should be forwarded to the number 7726, which is free of charge.

More information can be found here – https://newsroom.bathnes.gov.uk/news/scam-alert-residents-need-be-vigilant-criminals-offer-covid-19-vaccine